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However, little is known about the efficacy and mechanism of action of CC in rosacea. In this study, we evaluate the effect of CC and its molecular mechanism on rosacea in human epidermal keratinocytes. CC has the capacity to downregulate the expression of KLK5 and cathelicidin, and also inhibits KLK5 protease activity, which leads to reduced processing of inactive cathelicidin into active LL-37. It was determined that CC ameliorates the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines through the inhibition of LL-37 processing. In addition, it was confirmed that chitin, an exoskeleton of Demodex mites, mediates an immune response through TLR2 activation, and CC inhibits TLR2 expression and downstream signal transduction. Furthermore, CC was shown to inhibit the proliferation of human microvascular endothelial cells induced by LL-37, the cause of erythematous rosacea. These results demonstrate that CC improved rosacea by regulating the immune response and angiogenesis, and revealed its mechanism of action, indicating that CC may be a useful therapeutic agent for rosacea.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules25235556","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,26]],"date-time":"2020-11-26T22:00:33Z","timestamp":1606428033000},"page":"5556","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Coptis chinensis Franch Directly Inhibits Proteolytic Activation of Kallikrein 5 and Cathelicidin Associated with Rosacea in Epidermal Keratinocytes"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"25","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4542-5582","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kyung-Baeg","family":"Roh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Yongin 16827, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"De-Hun","family":"Ryu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Yongin 16827, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eunae","family":"Cho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Yongin 16827, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jin Bae","family":"Weon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Yongin 16827, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Deokhoon","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Yongin 16827, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dae-Hyuk","family":"Kweon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Integrative Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eunsun","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Yongin 16827, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"20","article-title":"Kallikrein 5-mediated inflammation in rosacea: Clinically relevant correlations with acute and chronic manifestations in rosacea and how individual treatments may provide therapeutic benefit","volume":"7","author":"Two","year":"2014","journal-title":"J. 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