1. High Mobility Group Box 1 Protein in Cerebral Thromboemboli.
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Essig F, Babilon L, Vollmuth C, Kollikowski AM, Pham M, Solymosi L, Haeusler KG, Kraft P, Stoll G, and Schuhmann MK
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- Blood Platelets metabolism, Brain Ischemia metabolism, Humans, Intracranial Thrombosis metabolism, Neutrophils metabolism, Thromboembolism metabolism, Blood Platelets pathology, Brain Ischemia pathology, HMGB1 Protein metabolism, Intracranial Thrombosis pathology, Neutrophils pathology, Thromboembolism pathology
- Abstract
High-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) is a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) involved in neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation and thrombosis. NETs are regularly found in cerebral thromboemboli. We here analyzed associated HMGB1 expression in human thromboemboli retrieved via mechanical thrombectomy from 37 stroke patients with large vessel occlusion. HMGB1 was detected in all thromboemboli, accounting for 1.7% (IQR 0.6-6.2%) of the total thromboemboli area and was found to be colocalized with neutrophils and NETs and in spatial proximity to platelets. Correlation analysis revealed that the detection of HMGB1 was strongly related to the number of neutrophils (r = 0.58, p = 0.0002) and platelets (r = 0.51, p = 0.001). Our results demonstrate that HMGB1 is a substantial constituent of thromboemboli causing large vessel occlusion stroke.
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- 2021
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