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A type-specific monoclonal antibody was used to examine the localization of type VI collagen in healing full-thickness corneal wounds (3 mm in diameter) in rabbits. By immunofluorescence, in 1-week-old wounds, type VI collagen was found only at the wound periphery. Subsequently, type VI collagen showed a rapid increase throughout the wounded area. In 3-week-old wounds, type VI collagen immunofluorescence had a laminar pattern as seen in normal corneal stroma, although it was irregular in arrangement. By electron-microscopic immunohistochemistry, type VI collagen was found in the pericellular region of fibroblastic cells possibly derived from keratocytes. These results suggest that type VI collagen might originate from the fibroblastic cells and play an important role in the regeneration of the corneal lamellar structure.
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