AUTHOR=Bernstock Joshua D. , Ye Daniel G. , Griffin Allison , Lee Yang-ja , Lynch John , Latour Lawrence L. , Friedman Gregory K. , Maric Dragan , Hallenbeck John M. 

TITLE=Cerebral Ischemia Increases Small Ubiquitin-Like Modifier Conjugation within Human Penumbral Tissue: Radiological–Pathological Correlation

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurology

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2017.00738

DOI=10.3389/fneur.2017.00738

ISSN=1664-2295

ABSTRACT=<p>Posttranslational modification by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) regulates myriad physiological processes within cells and has been demonstrated to be highly activated in murine brains after cerebral ischemia. Numerous <italic>in vitro</italic> and murine <italic>in vivo</italic> studies have demonstrated that this increased SUMO conjugation is an endogenous neuroprotective stress response that has potential in being leveraged to develop novel therapies for ischemic stroke. However, SUMO activation has not yet been studied in poststroke human brains, presenting a clear limitation in translating experimental successes in murine models to human patients. Accordingly, here, we present a case wherein the brain tissue of a stroke patient (procured shortly after death) was processed by multiplex immunohistochemistry to investigate SUMO activation.</p>