Detection of MMP-11 from menstrual blood using immunohistochemistry / 法医学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To prove the feasibility of detecting menstrual blood as well as its cellular localization with rabbit-anti-human matrix metalloproteinase-11 (MMP-11) polyclonal antibody.@*METHODS@#MMP-11 in menstrual blood, peripheral blood, vaginal liquid, aged menstrual bloodstain, and endometrium sections were assayed with SAP immunohistochemistry.@*RESULTS@#MMP-11 was found only in menstrual samples within stroma and epithelium cells.@*CONCLUSION@#MMP-11 polyclonal antibody may be applied in the distinction between menstrual blood and venous blood.