Table 5.

Patient characteristics.

Liver
Patient Identification	Sex	Age	Information	Tissue	Application
P29	F	40	Colorectal liver metastasis	Healthy tissue from liver resection	Gene expression analysis, comparison to choroid plexus
P2	F	70	Hepatocellular carcinoma	Healthy tissue from liver resection	Gene expression analysis, comparison to choroid plexus
P3	F	57	Hepatocellular carcinoma	Healthy tissue from liver resection	Gene expression analysis, comparison to choroid plexus
P4	M	67	Hepatocellular carcinoma	Healthy tissue from liver resection	Gene expression analysis, comparison to choroid plexus
Choroid Plexus
Patient Identification	Sex	Age	Cause of death	Tissue	Application
44-04	F	63	liver cirrhosis	38 h post mortem	Gene expression analysis
62-04	F	79	ovarial carcinoma	33 h post mortem	Gene expression analysis
100-04	M	74	Acute myocardial infarction	48 h post mortem	Gene expression analysis
H5	M	53	Circulatory failure, liver cirrhosis	Choroid plexus	Paraffin-embedded slices for immunohistochemistry
H40	M	32	Circulatory failure, endocarditis	Choroid plexus	Paraffin-embedded slices for immunohistochemistry
H54	M	59	Respiratory insufficiency, pneunomia	Choroid plexus	Paraffin-embedded slices for immunohistochemistry
H55	M	81	Circulatory failure, generalized artheriosclerosis	Choroid plexus	Paraffin-embedded slices for immunohistochemistry