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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Proteomics in Deaths by Drowning: Diagnostic Efficacy of Apolipoprotein A1 and α-1Antitrypsin, Pilot Study.

Diana Hernández-Romero, Encarnación Sánchez-Rodríguez, Eduardo Osuna, Agustín Sibón, Miriam Martínez-Villanueva, José A Noguera-Velasco, María D Pérez-Cárceles

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Diana Hernández-RomeroDepartment of Legal and Forensic Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute (IMIB), Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
Encarnación Sánchez-RodríguezInstitute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science, 11071 Cádiz, Spain.
Eduardo OsunaDepartment of Legal and Forensic Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute (IMIB), Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6711-1958
Agustín SibónInstitute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science, 11071 Cádiz, Spain.
Miriam Martínez-VillanuevaClinical Analysis Service, Hospital University "Virgen de la Arrixaca", 30100 Murcia, Spain.
José A Noguera-VelascoClinical Analysis Service, Hospital University "Virgen de la Arrixaca", 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6786-4864
María D Pérez-CárcelesDepartment of Legal and Forensic Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute (IMIB), Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1879-2969
Universidad de Murcia · ESHospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drowning is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The pathophysiology of drowning is complex and, sometimes, interpretation of the circumstances of death in the autopsy becomes the main source of information in its diagnosis. New advances in medical research, such as proteomics, especially in forensic pathology, are still in the development. We proposed to investigate the application of Mass Spectrometry-based technologies, to identify differentially expressed proteins that may act as potential biomarkers in the postmortem diagnosis of drowning. We performed a pilot proteomic experiment with the inclusion of two drowned and two control forensic cases. After applying restrictive parameters, we identified apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) and α-1 antitrypsin as differentially expressed between the two diagnostic groups. A validation experiment, with the determination of both proteins in 25 forensic cases (16 drowned and 9 controls) was performed, and we corroborated ApoA1 higher values in the drowning group, whereas α-1 antitrypsin showed lower levels. After adjusting by confounder factors, both remained as predictive independent factors for diagnosis of drowning (

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apolipoprotein A1drowningforensic diagnosisproteomicsα-1 antitrypsin

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PMCPMC7650832
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