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In a prepared statement, Dr. Stephen Hsu (an oral biologist in the MCG School of Dentistry and the lead investigator in the study) had this to say: ”Psoriasis, an autoimmune disease, causes the skin to become thicker, because the growth of skin cells is out of control. In psoriasis, immune cells, which usually protect against infection, instead trigger the release of cytokines, which causes inflammation and the overproduction of skin cells.”
Hsu and his colleagues believe that green tea might help treat psoriasis and other inflammatory skin diseases by regulating the action of the Caspase-14 protein gene marker, which regulates the life cycle of skin cells.
“That marker guides cells by telling them when to differentiate, die off and form a skin barrier. In people with psoriasis, that process is interrupted, and the skin cells don’t die before more are created and the resulting lesions form,” Hsu said.
SOURCE: Medical College of Georgia, news release, August 2007
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