Increased cerebral expressions of MMPs, CLDN5, OCLN, ZO1 and AQPs are associated with brain edema following fatal heat stroke

Abstract Human brain samples were collected from 46 autopsy cases, including 23 fatal heat stroke cases and 23 age-matched controls. Nine candidate reference genes (PES1, POLR2A, IPO8, HMBS, SDHA, GAPDH, UBC, B2M, ACTB) were evaluated in the cerebral cortex of 10 forensic autopsy cases (5 heat strok...

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Main Authors: Yu Du, Jing-Tao Xu, Hong-Nian Jin, Rui Zhao, Dong Zhao, Si-Hao Du, Ye Xue, Xiao-Li Xie, Qi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01923-w