The toxins in cigarettes can also damage elastin and collagen fibers. Smoking cessation helps reduce the ongoing damage of cigarette smoking to the skin, as well as to the rest of the body.

Mice exposed to arsenic show increased collagen deposition at both subepithelial basement membrane and perialveolar space, which cause narrowed airway and alveoli space. Apigenin or medications ...

Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, China; Department of Molecular, Cellular, ...