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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Tsutomu Fujimura, Ichikai-machi, JP;
Takuji Kume, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Hachiya, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a screening method which can select a photoaging-preventing or improving agent or a wrinkle-preventing or improving agent with efficiency and reliability. The screening method for a photoaging- or wrinkle-preventing or improving agent selects, as a candidate, a substance inhibiting the expression of keratin 6 and/or keratin 16 genes or keratin 6 and/or keratin 16 proteins in a skin tissue or cell.