When did the term "membrane blebbing" come about?

[Genecks]

I like putting a date on certain terms. One that I have recent come across was "membrane blebbing." I get the idea, but I've never really heard the term. I've known of lysis, necrosis, and apoptosis. But then I come across this term called "blebbing."

 

How recent is this term?

Anyone get a rough idea?

 

I'm looking at the sources in Wikipedia, and it seems from a quick look that the term came around in the late 1990s.

[Greippi]

I laughed like a drain for 20 minutes when I first heard it in a lecture about apoptosis.

 

The earliest publication I found with "blebbing" in the title was 1966 (STUDY ON MEMBRANE ELEVATION (BLEBBING) IN RABBIT ZYGOTE)

Edited April 24, 2010 by Greippi