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The aim of this study was to assess the concentrations of selected components of the BBB\u2014occludin, claudin-5, and zonulin (ZO-1)\u2014and to define a potential relationship between the concentrations of these three substances and the type of stroke, the location and extent of the infarct focus, the neurological\/functional status in the acute phase of the disease, and the patient\u2019s clinical profile. Methods: In this prospective study, we qualified patients with first-in-life stroke. All patients were analyzed according to: the presence of comorbidities, type of stroke (OCSP), treatment type in the first day of hospitalization, hemorrhagic transformation of infarct focus (ECASS), neurological status on the first day of stroke (NIHSS), functional status (mRS) on the ninth day of disease. In all patients, the plasma concentrations of claudin-5, occludin, and ZO-1 on the first day of stroke were examined and next, the mean concentrations were analyzed and compared between subgroups created on the basis of demographical and clinical features. Results: The mean concentration of occludin was significantly higher in patients with partial anterior cerebral infarct (PACI) compared to patients with posterior cerebral infarct (POCI; 1.03 vs. 0.66 ng\/mL; p = 0.009) and in patients with location of ischemic stroke in the carotid artery supply compared with in the vertebrobasilar supply (respectively: 1.036 vs. 0.660 ng\/mL; p = 0.009). The mean concentration of claudin 5 was significantly higher in patients with PACI compared to patients with POCI (0.37 vs. 0.21 ng\/mL; p = 0.011) and in patients with location of ischemic stroke in the carotid artery supply in comparison with vertebrobasilar supply (respectively: 0.373 vs. 0.249 ng\/mL; p = 0.011). The differences in mean occludin and claudin 5 concentrations between female and male were statistically not significant, similarly between patients &lt; 65 years and older. A significantly higher mean concentration of zonulin was observed in patients &gt; 65 years of age compared to younger patients (0.59 vs. 0.48 ng\/mL; p = 0.010) and in patients with arterial hypertension compared to patients without the disease (0.63 ng\/mL vs. 0.26 ng\/mL; p = 0.026). There were no statistically significant relationships between the concentration of occludin, claudin 5, and zonulin and the neurological status according to the NIHSS on the first day of stroke. Conclusions: The location of stroke in the anterior part of the brain\u2019s blood supply is associated with high blood levels of occludin and claudin 5 in the acute phase of stroke. The blood concentration of occludin is significantly lower in lacunar stroke comparing to this in non-lacunar stroke. Old age and arterial hypertension correlate positively with the concentration of zonulin 1 in acute stroke. There is no relationship between the blood levels of occludin, claudin 5, and zonulin 1 on the first day of stroke and the neurological and functional status in the acute phase of the disease.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci10110831","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,10]],"date-time":"2020-11-10T10:47:28Z","timestamp":1605005248000},"page":"831","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Plasma Levels of Occludin and Claudin-5 in Acute Stroke Are Correlated with the Type and Location of Stroke but Not with the Neurological State of Patients\u2014Preliminary Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2481-7528","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anetta","family":"Lasek-Bal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, School of Health Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland"},{"name":"Department of Neurology, Upper-Silesia Medical Center, Stroke Interventional Therapy Center, 40-635 Katowice, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Kokot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Upper-Silesia Medical Center, Stroke Interventional Therapy Center, 40-635 Katowice, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5090-8365","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daria","family":"Gendosz de Carrillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-055 Katowice, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1812-5496","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sebastian","family":"Student","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katarzyna","family":"Pawletko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-055 Katowice, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aleksandra","family":"Krzan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Upper-Silesia Medical Center, Stroke Interventional Therapy Center, 40-635 Katowice, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Przemys\u0142aw","family":"Puz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, School of Health Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland"},{"name":"Department of Neurology, Upper-Silesia Medical Center, Stroke Interventional Therapy Center, 40-635 Katowice, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wies\u0142aw","family":"Bal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Outpatient Chemotherapy, Maria Sk\u0142odowska-Curie, Memorial National Institute of Oncology, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Halina","family":"J\u0119drzejowska-Szypu\u0142ka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-055 Katowice, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3044","DOI":"10.1523\/JNEUROSCI.6409-11.2012","article-title":"Matrix metalloproteinase-2-mediated occludin degradation and caveolin-1-mediated claudin-5 redistribution contribute to blood-brain barrier damage in early ischemic stroke stage","volume":"32","author":"Liu","year":"2012","journal-title":"J. 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