High Serum Caspase-Cleaved Cytokeratin-18 Levels and Mortality of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

High Serum Caspase-Cleaved Cytokeratin-18 Levels and Mortality of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

Objective: Apoptosis increases in traumatic brain injury (TBI). Caspase-cleaved cytokeratin (CCCK)-18 in blood during apoptosis could appear. At the time of admission due to TBI, higher blood CCCK-18 levels were found in non-surviving than in surviving patients. Therefore, the objective of our study...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Lorente, María M. Martín, Agustín F. González-Rivero, Antonia Pérez-Cejas, Mónica Argueso, Luis Ramos, Jordi Solé-Violán, Juan J. Cáceres, Alejandro Jiménez, Victor García-Marín
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
cytokeratin
brain trauma
patients
mortality
injury
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/9/10/269

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