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US 8,557,295 B2Granted
Use of cellular extracts for skin rejuvenation
AssigneeRegenics AS
InventorsRunhild Gammelsaeter, Jan Remmereit
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Abstract
The invention describes methods and agents for improving cosmetic appearance, for promoting, improving or restoring health of cells and tissues, preferably skin, and more preferably, for restoring aged or damaged skin to a healthy appearance. In preferred embodiments, the methods and agents comprise active extracts produced from fish eggs. The invention further provides processes for making active fish egg extracts.
Claims26
A method of treating a subject comprising:
- contacting the skin of said subject with a water soluble, cytoplasmic fraction of salmon eggs in an amount effective to cause one or more effects selected from the group consisting of reduction of fine lines in the skin, normalization of skin color, increasing skin water content and hydration, decreasing or normalizing the amount of sebum in the skin, decreasing production of melanin, increasing collagen protein production, increasing collagen gene expression, increasing adult stem cell proliferation, increasing cellular metabolism of carbohydrates, increasing cellular metabolism of lipids, prevention of apoptosis, increasing angiogenesis, upregulation the cell cycle of cells, increasing angiogenesis, increasing the hair cycle, increasing follicular development, and increasing cell proliferation.
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