Presence of microfibril associated glycoprotein 4 and type V collagen and the possible absence of fibrillin-1 in bead-like structures in elastofibroma

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan.
• ² Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan.
• ³ Nippi Research Institute of Biomatrix, Ibaraki, Japan.
• ⁴ Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Dermato-Oncology/Dermatology, National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center, Kagoshima, Japan.
• ⁶ National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan.
• ⁷ Nagamine Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine and Surgery Clinic, Okinawa, Japan.
• ⁸ Department of Infection and Host Defense, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
• ⁹ Department of Dermatology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan. Electronic address: fujiwara@oita-u.ac.jp.