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  • Title: [Visualization of oxitalan fibers in normal human skin by the alkaline tetrazolium test].
    Author: Rodrigo FG, Da Silva AM.
    Journal: Med Cutan Ibero Lat Am; 1981; 9(1):35-9. PubMed ID: 7022057.
    Abstract:
    The "elastic system" of the connective tissue includes the oxytalan, the elaunin and the elastic fibers. The oxytalan fibers are formed by the microfibrillar component of the elastic fibers (elastic microfibrils). In the human skin the oxytalan fibers are found in the papillary dermis perpendicularly oriented to the dermo-epidermal junction. It was previously demonstrated by biochemical analysis that sulfur amino acids are present in the elastic microfibrils. Based on these data we could visualize the oxytalan fibers in the human dermis using the nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) technique.
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