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- Title
Evaluation of Postmortem Cerebrospinal Fluid S100B Protein and Serotonin Levels: Comparison of Suicidal Versus Nonsuicidal Deaths in Konya, Turkey.
- Authors
Dogan, Kamil Hakan; Unaldi, Mustafa; Demirci, Serafettin
- Abstract
Although suicide is a preventable public health problem, objective assays for suicide risk are limited. In this study, it was aimed to determine levels of S100B protein and serotonin as a marker for risk of suicide. S100B protein and serotonin levels were investigated with ELISA method in the cerebrospinal fluid ( CSF) in medicolegal autopsy cases, including those of suicide cases ( n = 32) and nonsuicide cases ( n = 56). The CSF S100B levels were higher (9.3 ± 2.9 ng/mL vs. 5.4 ± 2.0 ng/mL), and serotonin levels were lower (10.4 ± 4.9 ng/mL vs. 19.0 ± 5.7 ng/mL) in suicide group than nonsuicide group ( p < 0.05). There was no correlation between S100B protein and serotonin levels with gender, age groups, postmortem interval, and cause of death. It is concluded that both S100B protein and serotonin in CSF may be useful for determination of suicide risk.
- Subjects
TURKEY; SUICIDE risk factors; FORENSIC sciences; CEREBROSPINAL fluid; CALCIUM-binding proteins; SEROTONIN; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; MEDICOLEGAL investigators; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2016, Vol 61, Issue 5, p1285
- ISSN
0022-1198
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1556-4029.13124