Post-mortem analysis of apoptotic changes associated with human skin bruises

Forensic Science International

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-203

  Sawaguchi, Toshiko ^a,b   Jasani, Bharat ^a   Kobayashi, Makio ^b   Knight, Bernard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Human skin bruises; TUNEL method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; STAINING;

EID: 0033982386     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00210-8     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Knight B. Contusions or bruises. Forensic Pathology. 2nd Edition :1996;140 Edward Arnold, London.
2. Langlois N.E., Gresham G.A. The ageing of bruises: a review and study of the colour changes with time. Forensic Sci. Int. 50:1991;227-238.
3. Stephenson T., Bialas Y. Estimation of the age of bruising. Arch. Dis. Child. 74:1996;53-55.
4. Thornton R.N., Jolly R.D. The objective interpretation of histopathological data: an application to the ageing of ovine bruises. Forensic Sci. Int. 31:1986;225-239.
5. Kibayashi K., Hamada K., Honjyo K., Tsunenari S. Differentiation between bruises and putrefactive discolorations of the skin by immunological analysis of glycophorin A. Forensic Sci. Int. 61:1993;111-117.
6. Pravdenkova S.V., Basnakian A.G., James S.J., Andersen B.J. DNA fragmentation and nuclear endonuclease activity in rat brain after severe closed head injury. Brain Res. 729:1996;151-155.
7. Lucassen P.J., Chung W.C.J., Vermenlen J.P., et al. Microwave-enhanced in situ end labeling of fragmented DNA: parametric studies in relation to postmortem delay and fixation of rat and human brain. J. Histochem. Cytochem. 43:1995;1163-1171.
8. Klwin-Nelemans H.C., Limpens J., Meerabux J., et al. A new non-Hodgkin's B-cell line (DOHHZ) with a chromosomal translocation t (14, 18)(q32,q21). Leukaemia. 5:1991;221-224.
9. Kerr J.F.R. Shrinkage necrosis: a distinct mode of cellular death. J. Pathol. 105:1971;13-20.
10. Olson P.L., Everell M.A. Epidermal apoptosis: cell deletion by phagocytosis. J. Cutaneous Pathol. 2:1975;53-57.
11. Lovas J.G. Apoptosis in human epidermis: a postmortem study by light and electron microscopy. Aust. J. Derm. 27:1986;1-5.
12. McCall C.A., Cohen J.J. Programmed cell death in terminally differentiating keratinocytes: role of endogenous endonuclease. J. Invest. Dermatol. 97:1991;111-114.
13. Weedon D., Searle J., Kerr J.F. Apoptosis. Its nature and implications for dermatopathology. Am. J. Dermatopathol. 1:1979;133-144.
14. Paus R., Rosenbuch T., Haas N., Czarnetzki B.M. Patterns of cell death: the significance of apoptosis for dermatology. Exp. Dermatol. 2:1993;3-11.
15. Kerr J.F. Patterns of cell death. Methods Arch. Exp. Pathol. 12:1988;18-54.
16. Fitzpatrick T.P., Eisen A.Z., Wolff K., Freedberg I.M., Austen K.F. Dermatology in General Medicine. 3rd Edition :1987;52 McGraw Hill, New York.
17. Geng L., Potten C.S. Changes after irradiation in the number of mitotic cells and apoptotic fragments in growing mouse hair follicles and in the width of their hairs. Radiat. Res. 123:1990;75-81.
18. Sawaguchi T., Jasani B., Knight B. Identification of apoptotic cell nuclei in postmortem skin biopsies using the TUNEL reaction: effect of post-mortem time interval. Acta Crim. Japan. 63:1997;39-43.
19. Knight B. The pathophysiology of death. Knight B. Forensic Pathology. 2nd Edition :1996;51-52 Edward Arnold, London.
20. Nakanuma Y. What histology is normal and abnormal in the liver? Jpn. J. Leg. Med. 46:1992;361-365.
21. Gavrieli Y., Sherman Y., Ben-Sasson S.A. Identification of programmed cell death in situ via specific labeling of nuclear DNA fragmentation. J. Cell Biol. 119:1992;493-501.
22. Strater J., Gunthert A.R., Bruderlein S., Moller P. Microwave irradiation of paraffin-embedded tissue sensitizes the TUNEL method for in situ detection of apoptotic cells. Histochem. Cell Biol. 103:1995;157-160.