| 摘要 |
Methods and compositions for treating modulating and/or ameliorating non-light-induced, particularly non-UV-induced, skin aging in a human, for reducing the basal MMP-10 expression in unirradiated cells of an organism and/or reducing the basal MMP-1 RNA transcription and protein translation in unirradiated cells of an organism, and/or for_modulating the effects of UVA-induced RNA transcription and polypeptide translation of a matrix metalloprotease, which include administering an effective amount ofβ-carotene, a precursor ofβ-carotene, a salt ofβ-carotene, or a combination of two or more thereof to an organism, particularly a mammal, more particularly a human, in need to thereof. |
