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ArticleScientific reports2017

Peripheral blood AKAP7 expression as an early marker for lymphocyte-mediated post-stroke blood brain barrier disruption.

Grant C O'Connell, Madison B Treadway, Ashley B Petrone, Connie S Tennant, Noelle Lucke-Wold, Paul D Chantler, Taura L Barr

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Grant C O'ConnellCenter for Basic and Translational Stroke Research, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. goconnell.wvu@gmail.com.
Madison B TreadwayDepartment of Biology, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Ashley B PetroneCenter for Basic and Translational Stroke Research, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Connie S TennantCenter for Basic and Translational Stroke Research, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Noelle Lucke-WoldCenter for Basic and Translational Stroke Research, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Paul D ChantlerCenter for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Taura L BarrValtari Bio Incorporated, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
West Virginia University · US

Funding

West Virginia University Stroke COBREP20GM109098 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI DEVRIES, ANNE COURTNEY · 2014 to 2024
$24.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our group recently identified 16 genes whose peripheral blood expression levels are differentially regulated in acute ischemic stroke. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the early expression levels of any of these 16 genes are predictive for post-stroke blood brain barrier (BBB) disruption. Transcriptional expression levels of candidate genes were measured in peripheral blood sampled from ischemic stroke patients at emergency department admission, and BBB permeability was assessed at 24 hour follow up via perfusion-weighted imaging. Early heightened expression levels of AKAP7, a gene encoding a protein kinase A-binding scaffolding molecule, were significantly associated with BBB disruption 24 hours post-hospital admission. We then determined that AKAP7 is predominantly expressed by lymphocytes in peripheral blood, and strongly co-expressed with ITGA3, a gene encoding the adhesion molecule integrin alpha 3. Subsequent in vitro experiments revealed that heightened expression of AKAP7 and ITGA3 in primary human lymphocytes is associated with a highly adherent phenotype. Collectively, our results suggest that AKAP7 expression levels may have clinical utility as a prognostic biomarker for post-stroke BBB complications, and are likely elevated early in patients who later develop post-stroke BBB disruption due to the presence of an invasive lymphocyte population in the peripheral blood.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overA Kinase Anchor ProteinsBiomarkersBlood-Brain BarrierCell AdhesionCells, CulturedFemaleGene ExpressionHumansIntegrin alpha3LymphocytesMaleMembrane ProteinsMiddle AgedAKAP7 protein, humanA Kinase Anchor ProteinsBiomarkersIntegrin alpha3ITGA3 protein, humanMembrane Proteins

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PMID28446746
PMCPMC5430856
OpenAlexW2606616244

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