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Ameliorative Effects of Peptides from the Oyster (Crassostrea hongkongensis) Protein Hydrolysates against UVB-Induced Skin Photodamage in Mice Type of study: non-rct experimental Number of citations: 41 Year: 2020 Authors: Zhilan Peng, Beibei Chen, Qinsheng Zheng, Guoping Zhu, Wenhong Cao, Xiaoming Qin, Chaohua Zhang Journal: Marine Drugs Journal ranking: Q1 Key takeaways: Oyster protein hydrolysates effectively protect against UVB-induced skin photodamage by promoting antioxidant enzymes, decreasing inflammation, and regulating MMP-1 expression
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PubMed research on GHK-Cu gene expression indexes the foundational literature that informs injectable dosing protocol design, and the NIH literature on GHK copper and wound healing covers the tissue repair research base
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