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. 1977 Dec 15;168(3):579–581. doi: 10.1042/bj1680579

Stability of rat skin collagen during recovery from under-nutrition.

D J Etherington
PMCID: PMC1183809  PMID: 606256

Abstract

The growth of young rats was arrested for 6 weeks from 48 h after receiving an injection of L-[5-3H]proline. The 3H in the hydroxyproline of the newly synthesized skin collagen remained steady during under-nutrition and did not decrease during the subsequent recovery period. It was concluded that in this animal model the renewed growth did not induce degradation of the pre-existing collagen fibres.

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