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Dermal melanocytes and elastic fibers
Author(s) -
Ono T.,
Mah K.,
Hu F.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1985.tb00445.x
Subject(s) - elastic fiber , electron microscope , pathology , melanocyte , anatomy , chemistry , medicine , optics , melanoma , physics , cancer research
The relationship between dermal melanocytes and elastic fibers was studied by electron microscopy. In 3 patients with dermal melanoeytosis, the long cytoplasmic processes of the melanocytes were aligned along the long axis of the clastic fiber and encircled or embraced these fibers. The same intimacy existed between melanocytes and elastic fibers in the skin of cynomolgus macaques, who normally have dermal melanocytes. These findings suggest that dermal melanocytes, for reasons yet to be determined, interact with elastic fibers under these special conditions.