Experimental studies on the kinetics of early postmortem decay of the lymphocyte membrane

✍ Scribed by Henke, J. ;Schoelen, H.-T. ;Richter, O.

• Book ID: 104660693
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 298 KB
• Volume: 87
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1437-1596
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00200641

✦ Synopsis

Tests on human and animal cadavers were carried out to investigate the early postmortem decay of the lymphocyte membrane.

HLA-typing of cool-kept human cadavers can be performed within the first 36 h after death. Hereby, a possibility is obtained to determine HLA-ABC antigens of a deceased for hemogenetic or cornea transplantation purposes. The data obtained from animal experiments give evidence that the decay of the lymphocyte membrane follows a function of the Verhult's type. Using this function, it is possible to estimate the rate constant as a function of temperature.