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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1999
Galderma Research & Development S.N.C., Valbonne, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions comprising at least one agonist ligand, which is specific for receptors of the RAR-&ggr; type, which are characterized as inducers of apoptosis in at least one cell population in which apoptosis can be induced by activating receptors of the RAR-&ggr; type. In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of combating photoinduced or chronological ageing of skin, said method comprising administering an effective amount of at least one agonist ligand which is specific for receptors of the RAR-&ggr; type to combat photoinduced or chronological aging of skin, wherein the agonist ligand has a ratio R which is equal to or greater than 10.