Detection of Biomarkers of Stroke Using SELDI-TOF
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With a mean weight of 1500 g containing around 10 billion neurons, the adult brain represents about 2% of the total body mass,
but requires 20% of the total energy produced. It consumes continuously 150 g of glucose and 72 L of oxygen every 24 h. A
few minutes interruption of this supply can lead to dramatic brain damage. Manifestations and consequences of stroke depend
on the location and extent of the lesions. A vascular cerebral accident, also called stroke or brain attack, is an interruption
of the blood supply owing to either occlusion (ischemic stroke) or rupture (hemorrhagic stroke) of a blood vessel to any part
of the brain, with an occurrence of around 80% for the ischemic type. Stroke has a devastating impact on public health and
remains the third leading cause of death and the first leading cause of long-term disability in industrialized countries.
An early diagnosis of the cerebral accident associated with an appropriate treatment would reduce the risk of death and enhance
the chances of recovery. When the diagnosis of stroke is established, the physician needs to know the nature (ischemic or
hemorrhagic), the extent, and the location of the accident in order to orient patients and to give them most suitable treatment.
Because no specific and unique symptoms or early blood diagnostic markers are currently available, it was of a great interest
to develop new approaches in the research and discovery area of new early diagnosis and prognosis markers of stroke.
Affiliation(s): (3) Biomedical Proteomics Research Group, Department of Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland
Book Title: Cardiovascular Proteomics: Methods and Protocols
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 357 | Pub. Date: Feb-05-2007 | Page Range: 343-350 | DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-214-9:343
Subject: Molecular Medicine
Key Words: Plasmatic diagnostic marker - hemorrhagic stroke - ischemic stroke - SELDI-TOF - ApoCI - ApoCIII - SAA
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