Age related detection of tissue amyloid P in the skin

✍ Scribed by Dr A. M. Khan; F. Walker

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 327 KB
• Volume: 143
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-3417
• DOI: 10.1002/path.1711430305

✦ Synopsis

The presence of tissue amyloid P component in normal skin from fetuses and children was studied using direct, fluorescent, immunohistochemical techniques on frozen sections. Tissue amyloid P is not detected in fetuses or in children up to the age of 2 years but from the age of 4 years upwards it is readily detected and invariably present. Though the function of human amyloid P is unknown its role appears to be age or maturity related.