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. 2021 Sep 14;14:1227–1246. doi: 10.2147/CCID.S328671

Table 2.

Changing During Intrinsic and Extrinsic Aging of GAG and Proteoglycans Commonly Found in Skin

Skin Layer Intrinsic Aging Modulation Extrinsic Aging Modulation
HA and related molecules
HA Epidermis ↓,66 NC141 ↑total skin: low mass HA,71 ↑UVB-induced at basal layer only68
Dermis ↓,66 ↓(female),68 NC141 36
HAS Epidermis ↓HAS2,66 ↓HAS1 ↑HAS3 mRNA total skin70 ↓HAS1 total skin71
Dermis ↓HAS266
CD44 Epidermis 66 ↓Total skin71
Dermis 66
RHAMM Epidermis ↓ Total skin mRNA70 ↓Total skin71
Dermis
Sulfated GAGs
Total Sulfated GAG Epidermis ↓,66 ↓(female)66 ↑,141 ↓male only,66 NC total GAG71
Dermis 66 ↑,141 ↑ Total GAG,68 NC66
CS Epidermis ↓(C6S)37
Dermis NC total skin71
DS Epidermis 37
Dermis 37 NC,68 ↑ whole skin71
KS Epidermis 37
Dermis
HS Epidermis 66 ↓(DEJ)142
Dermis 66 LE,142 NC68
Proteoglycans
Versican Epidermis ↓total skin holding ability of GAG & altered sulfation,23 NC mRNA,143 ↑(male)66
Dermis ↑(SE),69,143 ↑degraded protein144
Decorin Epidermis LE53
Dermis ↓,66 ↓GAG holding ability53 ↓ [SE]69
Biglycan Epidermis ↓total skin,19 ↓mRNA70 ↓total skin19
Dermis NC aged fibroblasts145 ↓ UV fibroblasts146
Perlecan Epidermis ↓(female)66 ↑acute UV147
Dermis ↓(female)66 ↑acute UV147
Lumican Epidermis
Dermis ↓aged fibroblasts145
Syndecan Epidermis ↓Syndecan-1, NC Syndecan-466 ↑Syndecan-1/4 acute UV147
Dermis ↓Syndecan-1, NC Syndecan-466 ↑Syndecan-1/4 acute UV147

Notes: ↑ denotes increase; ↓ denotes decrease; NC denotes no change; LE denotes low expression, with the corresponding reference for the data; Blank means no data; Total skin denotes epidermis and dermis not separately analyzed; SE means data obtained in solar elastosis.