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IT is now widely accepted, that the uncovered sun-exposed skin of man ‘ages’ more rapidly than covered skin. The most marked effect of such ageing is atrophy of dermal collagen. The mechanism of this atrophy is not known, and we therefore examined the effect of irradiation with ultra-violet light on the collagen fractions of isolated mouse skin.
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BOTTOMS, E., SHUSTER, S. Effect of Ultra-violet Light on Skin Collagen. Nature 199, 192–193 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199192a0
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