title: [Environmentally induced (extrinsic) skin aging].
abstract: Chronic exposure to ultraviolet light, particularly as a component of natural sunlight, is a major cause of environmentally induced aging of the skin. In addition, other environmental factors for premature skin aging include longer wavelength radiation in the visible light region and in particular in the shortwave infrared radiation region. Furthermore, particulate and gaseous components of air pollution significantly contribute to the aging process.
authors.affiliation: IUF - Leibniz-Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf gGmbH, Auf'm Hennekamp 50, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland. Jean.Krutmann@iuf-duesseldorf.de.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krutmann
authors.affiliation: IUF - Leibniz-Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf gGmbH, Auf'm Hennekamp 50, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schikowski
authors.affiliation: IUF - Leibniz-Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf gGmbH, Auf'm Hennekamp 50, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hüls
authors.affiliation: IUF - Leibniz-Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf gGmbH, Auf'm Hennekamp 50, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vierkötter
authors.affiliation: IUF - Leibniz-Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf gGmbH, Auf'm Hennekamp 50, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grether-Beck
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000818:Animals; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015595:Skin Aging / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D012993:Solar Energy; D013472:Sunlight / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D004785:Environmental Pollutants
keywords: Air pollution; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Infrared radiation; Lentigines; Matrix metalloproteinases