Degenerative processes of elastic fibers in sun-protected and sun- exposed skin: Immunoelectron microscopic observation of elastin, fibrillin- 1, amyloid P component, lysozyme and α1-antitrypsin

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 391-402

  Suwabe, Hisako ^a   Serizawa, Akihiko ^b   Kajiwara, Hiroshi ^a   Ohkido, Muneo ^a   Tsutsumi, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 antitrypsin; Amyloid P component; Dermal elastic fibers; Elastin; Fibrillin 1; Lysozyme; Post embedding immunoelectron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; AMYLOID P COMPONENT; ELASTIN; FIBRILLIN; LYSOZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; DERMIS; ELASTIC FIBER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT DAMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SUN EXPOSURE; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MURAMIDASE; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

EID: 0032992573     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00889.x     Document Type: Article

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