title: Collagen transformation in abdominal skin of rabbit under continuous wave CO2 laser irradiation: a transmission electron microscopy study.
abstract: Irradiation of abdominal skin of the rabbit with a continuous-wave CO2 laser beam disrupted the collagen fibril into a spiral-like arrangement of thin filaments. An altered collagen fibril resulted with the potential for interactions between the fibrils. On cross section, the altered fibril shows a central core and an irregular limit which seems to interconnect the fibrils. This structure was found in a thin layer in the zone with altered collagen, at the boundary of the tissue apparently unaffected by the irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology/Pharmacology, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, PA 19131, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dimitriu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007834:Lasers; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011817:Rabbits; D012867:Skin / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen