The Journal of investigative dermatology
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The distribution of basement membrane glycoproteins, fibronectin, laminin, and type IV collagen was studied in experimentally induced skin blisters in which the epidermis is separated from the dermis through the lamina lucida part of basal lamina. Fibronectin was found surrounding the blister cavity and in a primary covering formed on the bottom of the blister. ⋯ No interstitial collagens were found in the separated epidermis in accordance with previous ultrastructural evidence. These studies support the proposed role of laminin in the adhesion of epidermal cells to basement membrane collagen.
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J. Invest. Dermatol. · Sep 1981
Experimental infections in rabbits and humans with Pityrosporum orbiculare and P. ovale.
The purpose of this investigation was to produce experimental tinea versicolor in rabbits and humans with Pityrosporum orbiculare and P. ovale. P. orbiculare and P. ovale were inoculated, with and without occlusion, on the inside of the ear in 10 male rabbits and on the upper arm in 10 patients with a history of tinea versicolor, and in 3 healthy volunteers. After 1 week tinea versicolor-like lesions were produced with both P. orbiculare and P. ovale in 8 of 10 rabbits. ⋯ Microscopically short hyphae and transformation between round and oval forms were seen in both P. orbiculare and P. ovale. This investigation adds to the identity of P. orbiculare and P. ovale and also to the identity of these 2 fungi and the fungus seen in tinea versicolor. Spontaneous healing and the fact that experimental infections were produced only under occlusion illustrates the importance of predisposing factors in tinea versicolor.