fibrillin
nounEtymology From fibril + -in.
1
A glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary for forming the elastic fibres in connective tissue.
- Skin ageing, mostly caused by the effects of sun, he explained, is a result of damage between the epidermis and the dermis caused when a protein called fibrillin disappears.2007 May 3, The Guardian, page 3:
- Derived terms
- fibrillinogenesis, microfibrillin