title: Experimental studies on the kinetics of early postmortem decay of the lymphocyte membrane. Remarks about its application to forensic hemogenetics and to cornea transplantation.
abstract: 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 the 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.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens