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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dominique Bernard, Paris, FR;
Michel Kermici, Paris, FR;
Marie-Alix Bernard-Bourboulon, Noisy le Sec, FR;
Assignee:
Societe l'Oreal S.A., Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/848 ; C12N 9/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/848 ; C12N 9/48 ;
Abstract
Isolated, substantially pure natural or synthetic polypeptides comprising cathepsin L type cysteine proteases, or polypeptide fragments or polypeptide admixtures obtained via proteolysis thereof, are useful for reducing intercorneocyte cohesion and, thus, for promoting desquamation.