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When mice are exposed to UVB light, a protein called ZAKα seems to turn on stress signals that lead to skin inflammation and thickening. Mice without this protein have much less of an inflammatory reaction.
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The ribotoxic stress response drives acute inflammation, cell death, and epidermal thickening in UV-irradiated skin in vivo
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2024 Dec 19The study looked at mice without a specific gene (ZAKα) and found they had much less skin inflammation and damage after UVB light, just like the claim says. Everything in the claim matches what the study found.
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