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Electron-lucent layer of basal lamina of connective tissue

Known as: Lamina Lucida, Lamina rara 
An electron-lucent layer within the basement membrane zone between the lamina densa and the epidermis comprised mainly of laminin.
National Institutes of Health

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Basal lamina
Basement membraneCollagen Type VCollagen Type VIlamina lucida

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Localization of laminin-5 in the epidermal basement membrane.
Laminin-5 (kalinin/nicein/BM600) is a component of the epidermal basement membrane zone. Previous en bloc pre-embedding… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Direct immunofluorescence microscopy of 1 mol/L sodium chloride-treated patient skin.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Three-dimensional network of cords: the main component of basement membranes.
Basement membranes were divided into two types: 1) thin basement membranes, such as those of the epidermis, trachea, jejunum… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Antibodies to basement membrane heparan sulfate proteoglycans bind to the laminae rarae of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and induce subepithelial GBM thickening
Antibodies specific for the core protein of basement membrane HSPG (Mr = 130,000) were administered to rats by intravenous… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Antibody-induced redistribution of Heymann antigen on the surface of cultured glomerular visceral epithelial cells: possible role in the pathogenesis of Heymann glomerulonephritis.
In this study we analyze the ability of antibodies that produce passive Heymann glomerulonephritis to induce antigen… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The epidermal basement membrane zone--structure, ontogeny, and role in disease.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Preferential distribution of anionic sites on the basement membrane and the abluminal aspect of the endothelium in fenestrated capillaries
Cationized ferritin (CF) was injected interstitially to study the distribution of anionic sites on the basement membrane and… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Amyloid P-component is a constituent of normal human glomerular basement membrane
Glomerular and other vascular basement membranes were found to contain an antigen that was immunochemically indistinguishable… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Complex carbohydrates of rat tracheobronchial surface epithelium visualized ultrastructurally.
Application of cytochemical methods for complex carbohydrates at the light and electron microscopic levels served further to… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Glomerular permeability to proteins. Effects of hemodynamic factors on the distribution of endogenous immunoglobulin G and exogenous catalase in the rat glomerulus.
The distribution of endogenous immunoglobulin G (IgG) and exogenous catalase was delineated in the rat glomerulus under normal… 
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