Enna C D, Dyer R F
Hand. 1979 Jun;11(2):144-50. doi: 10.1016/s0072-968x(79)80026-1.
This study compares the effectiveness of the Verhoeff and Puchtler-Sweat resorcin fuschin methods of staining the elastic tissue of palmar and dorsal skin specimens of the human hand. The resorcin stain demonstrates the "oxytalan" fibres of the elastic tissue system in the dermal papillary layer of the palmar skin. Oxytalan fibres are not generally demonstrated by the Verhoeff method and are not demonstrated in the dorsal skin specimens. These studies substantiate the existence of a system of elastic tissue fibres in the skin of the hand. The inter-relationship of the elastic and collagenous fibres appears to complement each of their functions; namely, in anchoring the dermo-epidermal junction, absorbing the stresses of stretch and compressive forces and return the tissues to their original state of tension, and providing protection to the dermal appendages in addition to lending a gradient mobility transmitted through the dermis to the subcutaneous layer to give suppleness and mobility to the skin.
本研究比较了Verhoeff染色法和Puchtler-Sweat间苯二酚品红染色法对人手掌和手背皮肤标本弹性组织染色的效果。间苯二酚染色显示了手掌皮肤真皮乳头层弹性组织系统的“氧化弹性纤维”。氧化弹性纤维通常不能用Verhoeff染色法显示，在手背皮肤标本中也未显示。这些研究证实了手部皮肤中存在弹性组织纤维系统。弹性纤维和胶原纤维的相互关系似乎补充了它们各自的功能；即，在锚定真皮-表皮连接处、吸收拉伸和压缩力的应力并使组织恢复到其原始张力状态，以及为皮肤附属器提供保护，此外还通过真皮向皮下层传递梯度流动性，使皮肤具有柔韧性和可动性。
