Tissue-specific differences in mRNA quantification of glucose transporter 1 and vascular endothelial growth factor with special regard to death investigations of fatal injuries

Forensic Science International

Volumn 177, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 176-183

  Zhao, Dong ^a   Ishikawa, Takaki ^a   Quan, Li ^a   Li, Dong Ri ^a   Michiue, Tomomi ^a   Yoshida, Chiemi ^a   Komatu, Ayumi ^a   Chen, Jian Hua ^a   Zhu, Bao Li ^b   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glucose transporter 1; Kidney; Lung; Skeletal muscle; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41649118202     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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