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Query: UMLS:C0849640 (skin damage)
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Clinico-biological examination of 154 patients with psoriasis resulted in data showing high activity of endo- and exopeptidases in efflorescences of that dermatosis. This was accompanied by depressed activity of trypsin inhibitor. At the same time magnesium deficiency, polysaccharide decrease and leucocyte increase were stated to be in the focus of skin damage. That character of interrelation, which play an important role in the pathogenesis of this widespread skin disease, is demonstrated.
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PMID:[Regulation of peptide hydrolase activity in psoriasis]. 225 41

Treatment of female SKH-1 hairless mice with ultraviolet B light twice a week for 20 weeks resulted in a population of tumor-free mice with a high risk of developing skin tumors during the next several months in the absence of additional UVB treatment (high-risk mice). Topical applications of nondenatured soymilk but not heat-denatured soymilk once a day, 5 days a week to these high-risk mice inhibited the formation and growth of skin tumors. Similar topical applications of soybean trypsin inhibitor or Bowman-Birk inhibitor also inhibited the formation and growth of skin tumors, but these agents were less active than nondenatured soymilk. Treatment of miniswine skin with nondenatured soymilk once a day for 5 days prior to UVB irradiation reduced or completely eliminated UVB-induced formation of thymine dimers and apoptotic cells in the epidermis. These data suggest that nondenatured soymilk could be applied to humans to prevent sunlight-induced skin damage and to reduce the risk of skin tumor formation and progression.
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PMID:Inhibitory effect of topical applications of nondenatured soymilk on the formation and growth of UVB-induced skin tumors. 1530 30