Differential accumulation of pulmonary and cardiac mast cell-subsets and eosinophils between fatal anaphylaxis and asthma death. A postmortem comparative study

Forensic Science International

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-49

  Perskvist, N ^a   Edston, E ^a  

^a Department of Forensic Genetics and Forensic Toxicology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Asthma bronchial; Eosinophils; Mast cell subsets; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEINASE; TRYPTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL AGGREGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MAST CELL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SECRETORY GRANULE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 34247895370     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Ewan P.W. Anaphylaxis. BMJ 316 (1998) 1442-1445
2. Smith P.L., Kagey-Sobotka A., Bleecker E.R., Traystman R., Kaplan A.P., and Gralnick H. Physiologic manifestations of human anaphylaxis. J. Clin. Invest. 66 (1980) 1072-1080
3. Kemp S.F., and Lockey R.F. Anaphylaxis: a review of causes and mechanisms. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 110 (2002) 341-348
4. Tsokos M., and Paulsen F. Expression of pulmonary lactoferrin in sudden-onset and slow-onset asthma with fatal outcome. Virchows Arch. 441 (2002) 494-499
5. Scarlet C. Anaphylaxis. J. Infus. Nurs. 29 (2006) 39-44
6. Schwartz L.B., Yunginger J.W., Miller J., Bokhari R., and Dull D. Time course of appearance and disappearance of human mast cell tryptase in the circulation after anaphylaxis. Clin. Invest. 83 (1989) 1551-1555
7. Nishio H., Takai S., Miyazaki M., Horiuchi H., Osawa M., and Uemura K. Usefulness of serum mast cell-specific chymase levels for postmortem diagnosis of anaphylaxis. Int. J. Legal Med. 119 (2005) 331-334
8. Anderson D.F., Zhang S., Bradding P., McGill J.I., Holgate S.T., and Roche W.R. The relative contribution of mast cell subsets to conjunctival TH2-like cytokines. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 42 (2001) 995-1001
9. Costa J.J., Weller P.F., and Galli S.J. The cells of the allergic response: mast cells, basophils, and eosinophils. JAMA 278 (1997) 1815-1822
10. Ehara T., and Shigematsu H. Mast cells in the kidney. Nephrology (Carlton) 8 (2003) 130-138
11. Wardlaw A.J., Brightling C., Green R., Woltmann G., and Pavord I. Eosinophils in asthma and other allergic diseases. Br. Med. Bull. 56 (2000) 985-1003
12. Foreman J.C., and Lichtenstein L.M. Induction of histamine secretion by polycations. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 629 (1980) 587-603
13. Galli S.J. New concepts about the mast cell. N. Engl. J. Med. 328 (1993) 257-265
14. Edston E., and van Hage-Hamsten M. β-tryptase measurements post-mortem in anaphylactic deaths and in controls. Forensic. Sci. Int. 93 (1998) 135-142
15. Edston E., Eriksson O., and van Hage M. Mast cell tryptase in postmortem serum-reference values and confounders. Int. J. Leg. Med. (2006 May 19) [Epub. ahead of print]
16. Irani A.M., Bradford T.R., Kepley C.L., Schechter N.M., and Schwartz L.B. Detection of MCT and MCTC types of human mast cells by immunohistochemistry using new monoclonal anti-tryptase and anti-chymase antibodies. J. Histochem. Cytochem. 37 (1989) 1509-1515
17. Leclere M., Desnoyers M., Beauchamp G., and Lavoie P.J. Comparison of four staining methods for detection of mast cells in equine bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. J. Vet. Intern. Med. 20 (2006) 377-381
18. Moqbel R., Barkans J., Bradley B.L., Durham S.R., and Kay A.B. Application of monoclonal antibodies against major basic protein (BMK-13) and eosinophil cationic protein (EG1 and EG2) for quantifying eosinophils in bronchial biopsies from atopic asthma. Clin. Exp. Allergy 22 (1992) 265-273
19. Schwartz L.B., Bradford T.R., Rouse C., Irani A.M., Rasp G., Van der Zwan J.K., and Van der Linden P.W. Development of a new, more sensitive immunoassay for human tryptase: use in systemic anaphylaxis. J. Clin. Immunol. 14 (1994) 190-204
20. Amin K., Janson C., Boman G., and Venge P. The extracellular deposition of mast cell products is increased in hypertrophic airways smooth muscles in allergic asthma but not in nonallergic asthma. Allergy 60 (2005) 241-247
21. Krishnaswamy G., Ajitawi O., and Chi D.S. The human mast cell. In: Krishnawamy G., and Chi D.S. (Eds). Mast cells-Methods and Protocols (2006), Humana Press Inc., Totowa, NJ 13-34
22. Triggiani M., Palumbo C., Gentile M., Granata F., Calabrese C., and Marone G. Lipid mediators from mast cells and basophils in allergic diseases. In: Marone G., Lichtenstein L.M., and Galli S.J. (Eds). Mast Cells and Basophils (2000), Academic Press, London 525-539
23. Capurro N., and Levi R. The heart as a target organ in systemic allergic reactions: comparison of cardiac anaphylaxis in vivo and in vitro. Circ. Res. 36 (1975) 520-525
24. Leng W., Chang K., Williamson J.R., and Jakshik B.A. Increased vascular albumin permeation in the rat during anaphylaxis. J. Immunol. 142 (1989) 1982-1985