ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023
FOXO3 Depletion as a Marker of Compression-Induced Apoptosis in the Ligature Mark: An Immunohistochemical Study.
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- Immunohistochemical Assessment of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
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- Evaluation of Apoptotic Caspase-3 Immunopositivity in Human Model of Asphyxial Death.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Traumatic Aneurysm Involving the Posterior Communicating Artery.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Dual Roles of Activating Transcription Factor 3 (ATF3) in Inflammation, Apoptosis, Ferroptosis, and Pathogen Infection Responses.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Forensic application of epidermal expression of HSP27 and HSP70 for the determination of wound vitality in human compressed neck skin.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
One of the most challenging issues in forensic pathology is lesion vitality demonstration, particularly in cases of hanging. Over the past few years, immunohistochemistry has been applied to this field with promising results. In particular, protein and transcription factors involved in the apoptotic process have been studied as vitality markers for the ligature mark. This study represents an implementation of our previous studies on ligature mark vitality demonstration. In this study, we evaluated the FOXO3 expression in post-mortem cervical skin samples through an immunohistochemical analysis. To evaluate FOXO3 expression, anti-FOXO3 antibodies (GTX100277) were used. The study group comprised 21 cases, 8 women and 13 men, whereas the control group consisted of 13 cases of subjects who died due to other causes. Decomposition and no clear circumstantial data were exclusion criteria. We found that FOXO3 is decreased in hanging cases compared with normal skin in other causes of death (p-value < 0.05). No differences were seen concerning the type of hanging material (hard or soft), type of hanging (complete or incomplete), and position of the knot. Our results suggest that FOXO3 depletion could be a valid immunohistochemical marker of ligature mark vitality.
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