Skin fragility in obese diabetic mice: possible involvement of elevated oxidative stress and upregulation of matrix metalloproteinases.
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the skin fragility in TSOD mice is associated with dermal collagen damage and weakened tensile strength, and that oxidative stress and MMP overexpression in the subcutaneous adipose tissue may, at least in part, affect dermal fragility via a paracrine pathway.