Recent insights into the structure and function of the dermal—epidermal junction have
resulted from two converging lines of experimental evidence, namely, the study of inherited …

… Burgeson RE: Type VII collagen is a major structural component of anchoring fibrils.] Cell …
Burgeson RE: Type VII collagen forms an extended network of anchoring fibrils.] Cell Bioll04…

The collagens are products of a superfamily of closely related genes. Currently, there are 13
described collagens encompassing at least 25 separate genes. The collagen molecules …

… Bachinger, HP, NP Morris, GP Lunsttum, DR Keene, LM Rosenbaum, LA Compton, and RE
Burgeson. 1990. The relationship ofthe biophysical and biochemical characteristics of type …

… BURGESON 1, MATTHIAS CHIQUET 2, RAINER DEUTZMANN 3, PETER EKBLOM 4,
JURGEN ENGEL 2, HYNDA KLEINMAN 5, GEORGE R. MARTIN 6, … RE Burgeson et al. …

… Re-exposure of this molecule to pepsin under nondenaturing conditions cleaves each
dimer into three components: two fragments denoted as P2, each 174 nm in length (which …

The formation of the hair follicle and its cyclical growth, quiescence, and regeneration
depend on reciprocal signaling between its epidermal and dermal components. The dermal …

… This result indicates that anchoring fibril carboxyl termini exist in both the lamina densa
and these dermal plaques. As expected when using the en bloc technology, gold deposits are …

Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) is a severe, chronic blistering disease of the skin.
EBA patients have circulating and tissue-bound autoantibodies to a large (Mr = 290,000) …

… Analysis of fetal bovine keratinocytelhuman dermal fibroblast cultures with human specific
HSPG mAb reveals absent staining (Fig. 8A) even though strong linear staining was produced …