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Renal tubular epithelia ultrastructure in autolysis
Author(s) -
ElShennawy I. E.,
Gee D. J.,
Aparicio S. R.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
the journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1096-9896
pISSN - 0022-3417
DOI - 10.1002/path.1711470103
Subject(s) - autolysis (biology) , ultrastructure , electron microscope , pathology , biology , anatomy , kidney , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , enzyme , medicine , biochemistry , endocrinology , physics , optics
Post‐mortem changes in the proximal and distal tubules of rat kidneys left in situ have been studied at the light microscope and ultrastructural levels. The distal tubular nuclei showed distinct changes which were completely different from the usual nuclear appearances after death and resemble the changes seen in apoptosis. These observations suggest that the unusual changes in the autolytic distal tubular nuclei may be due to the activation of endogenous endonucleases.