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Table 4 Verification of substances in TBI physiology and TBI biomarker research

From: Networks of neuroinjury semantic predications to identify biomarkers for mild traumatic brain injury

  

Changes in trauma?

Changes in blood?

Previously studied?

PMIDs

1

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Yes

Yes

Yes

11585248, 22528282, 20679891

2

Fibroblast growth factor 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

11320217, 7696886

3

Glial fibrillary acidic protein

Yes

Yes

Yes

16266720, 22528282, 21079180

4

Neuron-specific enolase

Yes

Yes

Yes

16716992, 22528282

5

S100B

Yes

Yes

Yes

19257803, 22528282, 21079180

6

Amyloid beta-protein precursor

Yes

No

Yes

8140894, 15258792

7

Interleukin-6

Yes

Yes

No

20850781, 20858121

8

Malondialdehyde

Yes

Yes

No

11280646, 11466564

9

Superoxide dismutase

Yes

Yes

No

17869973

10

Glucose

Yes

Yes

No

20889287, 9808254

11

Lactate

Yes

Yes

No

18183032, 20889287

12

Dopamine

Yes

Yes

No

7584744

13

Norepinephrine

Yes

Yes

No

6886758, 3592639

14

Calcium

Yes

Yes

No

10386980, 4637556

15

Melatonin

Yes

Yes*

No

18183032, 17060154

16

Glutamate

Yes

Yes*

No

20225002, 21878868

17

Calpain

No+

No+

No+

19811094

  1. *Modest change or conflicting reports. +Although Calpain itself does not change in trauma, its products do change and are found in the blood and have been studied.