Certain metabolic processes persist in humans after death.
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Certain metabolic and transcriptional processes, such as apoptotic gene regulation and mRNA degradation pathways, continue to function and change in human tissues after death.
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Systematic analysis of gene expression patterns associated with postmortem interval in human tissues
2017 · cited by 117
This study evaluates gene expression patterns and mRNA degradation across postmortem intervals in human tissues, confirming that active transcriptional and degradation processes continue to be measured after death.
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The apoptotic thanatotranscriptome associated with the liver of cadavers.
2015 · cited by 0
This study investigates postmortem gene expression and demonstrates that apoptotic pathways and programmed cell death continue to actively alter gene expression profiles after death.