Studies on RNA integrity and gene expression in human myocardial tissue, pericardial fluid and blood, and its postmortem stability

Forensic Science International

Volumn 232, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 218-228

  González Herrera, Lucas ^a   Valenzuela, Aurora ^a   Marchal, Juan A ^a   Lorente, José A ^a   Villanueva, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood; Gene expression; Myocardial zones; Pericardial fluid; Post mortem interval; RNA integrity

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CYCLOPHILIN A; GELATINASE B; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 3; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TROPONIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ACTB GENE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCA GENE; FEMALE; GAPDH GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HEART; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MMP9 GENE; MYL3 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTMORTEM INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; TBP GENE; TGFB1 GENE; TNNI3 GENE; VEGFA GENE;

BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; MYOCARDIAL ZONES; PERICARDIAL FLUID; POST-MORTEM INTERVAL; RNA INTEGRITY;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CARDIAC MYOSINS; CYCLOPHILIN A; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HUMANS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PERICARDIUM; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TROPONIN I; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84883308257     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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