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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2021

Quantitative evidence of suppressed TMEM119 microglial immunohistochemistry in fatal morphine intoxications.

Simone Bohnert, Kosmas Georgiades, Camelia-Maria Monoranu, Michael Bohnert, Andreas Büttner, Benjamin Ondruschka

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Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Forensic neuropathology in the past decade: a scoping literature review.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2024
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  4. Role of Microglia in Psychostimulant Addiction.Current neuropharmacology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Simone BohnertInstitute of Forensic Medicine, University of Wuerzburg, Versbacher Str. 3, 97078, Wuerzburg, Germany. simone.bohnert@uni-wuerzburg.de.
Kosmas GeorgiadesInstitute of Forensic Medicine, University of Wuerzburg, Versbacher Str. 3, 97078, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Camelia-Maria MonoranuDepartment of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider Str. 2, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Michael BohnertInstitute of Forensic Medicine, University of Wuerzburg, Versbacher Str. 3, 97078, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Andreas Büttner *Institute of Legal Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, St.-Georg-Strasse 108, 18055, Rostock, Germany.
Benjamin Ondruschka *Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, 22529, Hamburg, Germany.
University of Würzburg · DEUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DEUniversity of Rostock · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the diagnostic potential of TMEM119 as a useful microglia-specific marker in combination with immunostainings for phagocytic function and infiltrating capacity of monocytes in cases of lethal monosubstance intoxications by morphine (MOR), methamphetamine (METH), and of ethanol-associated death (ETH) respectively. Human brain tissue samples were obtained from forensic autopsies of cases with single substance abuse (MOR, n = 8; ETH, n = 10; METH, n = 9) and then compared to a cohort of cardiovascular fatalities as controls (n = 9). Brain tissue samples of cortex, white matter, and hippocampus were collected and stained immunohistochemically with antibodies against TMEM119, CD68KiM1P, and CCR2. We could document the lowest density of TMEM119-positive cells in MOR deaths with highly significant differences to the control densities in all three regions investigated. In ETH and METH deaths, the expression of TMEM119 was comparable to cell densities in controls. The results indicate that the immunoreaction in brain tissue is different in these groups depending on the drug type used for abuse.

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MethamphetamineMicrogliaHumansImmunohistochemistryMembrane ProteinsMorphinePilot ProjectsMembrane ProteinsMethamphetamineMorphineTmem119 protein, humanDrug abuseForensic neuropathologyImmunohistochemistryMicrogliaNeuroinflammationNeurotoxicity

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PMID34553260
PMCPMC8523458
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