Variation in basement membrane topography in human thick skin
dc.contributor.author | Kawabe, Thomas T. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Maccallum, Donald K. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lillie, John H. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-04-06T18:00:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-04-06T18:00:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1985-02 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Kawabe, Thomas T.; Maccallum, Donald K.; Lillie, John H. (1985)."Variation in basement membrane topography in human thick skin." The Anatomical Record 211(2): 142-148. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/49847> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0003-276X | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1097-0185 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/49847 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=3977083&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Samples of human plantar and palmar skin were excised and incubated in 20 mM EDTA after which the epidermis was gently separated from the dermis with the plane of separation occurring in the lamina lucida. Scanning electron microscopic examination of the dermal component revealed the classically described series of regularly spaced grooves and papillae that characterize the epidermal-dermal junction in thick skin. Primary dermal grooves exhibited evenly spaced tunnels that were originally occupied by sweat gland ducts. The basement membrane (basal lamina) in the primary grooves was relatively smooth but did exhibit a flattened, reticulated pattern at high magnifications. The basement membrane of secondary dermal grooves and papillae was in the form of numerous, elevated microridges off of which septae arose at roughly right angles. The surface appearance of the basement membrane in these areas was that of a honeycomb owing to the numerous compartments and recesses formed by the ridges and septae. Degradation of the basement membrane by trypsin demonstrated that the foundation for the highly folded and compartmentalized basement membrane was composed of dermal collagen fibrils, 60–70 nm in diameter, that were arranged in a series of variably sized, interconnected collagen bundles or walls. Epidermal basal cells extended cytoplasmic (foot) processes into two or more compartments, formed by the ridges and septae, which considerably amplified the basement membrane surface available for epidermal attachment. Scanning electron microscopic studies of the epidermal-dermal junction confirm the variable surface character of this interface previously reported by others using sectioned material. This regional variation in surface architecture apparently distinguishes between areas in which epidermal basal cells are specialized for attachment (papillae, secondary dermal grooves) and regions occupied by slow cycling epidermal stem cells from which mitotically active keratinocytes arise. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life and Medical Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Cell & Developmental Biology | en_US |
dc.title | Variation in basement membrane topography in human thick skin | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Dental Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Dental Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 ; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Science II Building, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Dental Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 3977083 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/49847/1/1092110205_ftp.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.1092110205 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | The Anatomical Record | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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