Fine structure of post-mortal tissues transformations. Preliminary observations.
The Authors have studied the ultrastructure of human skin in a particular anomalous form of post-mortal transformation: the so called corification. Some structures (cell membranes, desmosomes, mitochondria, nuclear envelopes) are well preserved, while other structures (such as endoplasmic reticulum) are upset. These observations suggested that in the corification endogenous and exogenous enzymatic actions are extremely inhibited.
D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002843:Chromatin / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*
D002843:Chromatin