title: The assessment of post mortem PCNA+ cell frequency in the rat epidermis.
abstract: PCNA-positive nuclei (nPCNA+) in the basal layer of rat epidermis were assessed in the period of 0-19 days after death. The PCNA+ nuclei were present in this layer up to 12th day. The decrease in PCNA+ nuclei ratio was highly correlated with the time and followed the equation y = a + b square root(x) (y = nPCNA fraction, x = time post mortem).
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical University, Lódź, Poland.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Brzeziński
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Godlewski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D004396:Coloring Agents; D008297:Male; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen