Lipocalin-2 as an Infection-Related Biomarker to Predict Clinical Outcome in Ischemic Stroke.

OBJECTIVES:From previous data in animal models of cerebral ischemia, lipocalin-2 (LCN2), a protein related to neutrophil function and cellular iron homeostasis, is supposed to have a value as a biomarker in ischemic stroke patients. Therefore, we examined LCN2 expression in the ischemic brain in an...

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Main Authors: Sonja Hochmeister, Odilo Engel, Milena Z Adzemovic, Thomas Pekar, Paul Kendlbacher, Manuel Zeitelhofer, Michaela Haindl, Andreas Meisel, Franz Fazekas, Thomas Seifert-Held
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4859492?pdf=render