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Similar to proteins, a peptide is a short chain of amino acids
Research demonstrates that collagen peptides working through TGF-/Smad3 pathway activation can reduce MMP-3, MMP-13, MMP-2, and MMP-9 activity while increasing procollagen synthesis, attenuating the collagen degradation characteristic of photoaged skin