[Ultrastructure of human epidermis during autolysis based on data from cryofractographic and electron microscopic...

The character of the cell membrane component destruction of the human epidermis when kept in a humid camera at 4 degrees or 37 degrees C was studied electron microscopically and by a freezing-chopping method. Intermembranous proteins undergo considerable changes and are more labile than a lipid membranous component.