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Morphometric Analysis of Collagen: a Comparative Study in Cow and Pig Skins
Author(s) -
Kobayashi A.,
Takehana K.,
Eerdunchaolu .,
Iwasa K.,
Abe M.,
Yamaguchi M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0264.1999.00196.x
Subject(s) - dermis , collagen fibril , fibril , anatomy , biology , biophysics
The detailed ultrastructure of skin has not yet been determined, partly because of the problems involved in quantifying age variation in the collagen fibril diameter distribution with increasing depth below the epidermis and in quantifying the variations that occur with anatomical site. In the present study, we investigated the correlation between subfibrillar architecture and collagen fibril diameter in dermis samples taken from three different regions of the skin of clinically normal adult animals. However, further studies are needed to determine the correlation between the age variation in collagen fibril diameters and the subfibrillar architecture.