Fibulin-4 Accelerates Amyloid Formation by Binding with a Keratin 5 Peptide Fragment

• Main Authors: Fumihiko Katagiri (Author), Daisuke Ueo (Author), Yumi Okubo-Gunge (Author), Aya Usui (Author), Sayaka Kuwatsuka (Author), Yoshiko Mine (Author), Keisuke Hamada (Author), Sakuhei Fujiwara (Author), Takako Sasaki (Author), Motoyoshi Nomizu (Author), Atsushi Utani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Keratins are the major amyloid fibril component in localized cutaneous amyloidosis. We analyzed the amyloid components in the skin of patients with localized cutaneous amyloidosis by immunohistochemical staining using antisera against extracellular matrix proteins and keratin 5 (K5). Fibulin-4 and K...