Citation

Kita T, Furuya Y. Z. Rechtsmed. 1989; 103(2): 85-91.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2609792

Abstract

Endothelial cells of asphyxial pulmonary veins possess abundant pores and intracytoplasmic vacuoles. The present radioassay demonstrated an increase in histamine concentrations of the pulmonary tissue in asphyxia. These morphological changes, therefore, appear to represent an enhancement of the endothelial permeability induced by high histamine concentrations in blood plasma. The present immunoelectron microscopy study demonstrated heavy reactions of histamine exclusively on the endothelial surface of the asphyxial pulmonary veins. This may support the endothelial cell-dependent vasodilation mediated by histamine in asphyxial pulmonary veins.

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