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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2015

Dandelion Extracts Protect Human Skin Fibroblasts from UVB Damage and Cellular Senescence.

Yafan Yang, Shuangshuang Li

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yafan YangSir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada P7C 1V5.
Shuangshuang LiCardiovascular and Metabolic Research Unit, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada P7A 7T1.
Lakehead University · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation causes damage in skin by generating excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) and induction of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), leading to skin photoageing. Dandelion extracts have long been used for traditional Chinese medicine and native American medicine to treat cancers, hepatitis, and digestive diseases; however, less is known on the effects of dandelion extracts in skin photoageing. Here we found that dandelion leaf and flower extracts significantly protect UVB irradiation-inhibited cell viability when added before UVB irradiation or promptly after irradiation. Dandelion leaf and flower extracts inhibited UVB irradiation-stimulated MMP activity and ROS generation. Dandelion root extracts showed less action on protecting HDFs from UVB irradiation-induced MMP activity, ROS generation, and cell death. Furthermore, dandelion leaf and flower but not root extracts stimulated glutathione generation and glutathione reductase mRNA expression in the presence or absence of UVB irradiation. We also found that dandelion leaf and flower extracts help absorb UVB irradiation. In addition, dandelion extracts significantly protected HDFs from H2O2-induced cellular senescence. In conclusion, dandelion extracts especially leaf and flower extracts are potent protective agents against UVB damage and H2O2-induced cellular senescence in HDFs by suppressing ROS generation and MMP activities and helping UVB absorption.

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Ultraviolet RaysCell LineCell SurvivalCellular SenescenceFibroblastsFlowersGlutathioneGlutathione ReductaseHumansMatrix MetalloproteinasesPlant ExtractsPlant LeavesProtective AgentsReactive Oxygen SpeciesRNA, MessengerSkinGlutathioneGlutathione ReductaseMatrix MetalloproteinasesPlant ExtractsProtective AgentsReactive Oxygen SpeciesRNA, Messenger

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PMID26576225
PMCPMC4630464
OpenAlexW1959985436

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