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Studies on fibronectin in the skin
Author(s) -
FYRAND OLE
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1979.tb05618.x
Subject(s) - reticular dermis , fibronectin , papillary dermis , dermis , reticular connective tissue , human skin , pathology , immunofluorescence , anatomy , epidermis (zoology) , appendage , biology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , extracellular matrix , immunology , genetics , antibody
SUMMARY Fibronectin is a glycoprotein mediating contact between cellular elements and collagen. As judged by indirect immunofluorescence studies fibronectin is abundantly present in normal human skin. It is located in the dermo—epidermal junction area, in the papillary and reticular dermis, about epidermal appendages (pilosebaceous units and eccrine sweat glands) and in the vascular and neural structures.

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