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The erythema intensity of dorsal skin was significantly higher in ovariectomized mice than in sham-operated mice (p &lt; 0.05). The erythema intensity and epidermal thickness of dorsal skin were significantly lower in the fermented soymilk diet group than in the control diet group (each p &lt; 0.05). Levels of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers in dorsal skin were significantly lower in the fermented soymilk diet group than in the control group (p &lt; 0.05). Serum and dorsal skin isoflavone concentrations were significantly higher in the fermented soymilk diet group than in the soymilk diet group (p &lt; 0.05). These results indicate that oral administration of a fermented soymilk diet increases isoflavone concentrations in the blood and skin, effectively scavenging the reactive oxygen species generated by UV irradiation and exerting an estrogen-like activity, with a consequent protective effect on skin photodamage in hairless mice.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu8080514","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,22]],"date-time":"2016-08-22T10:40:33Z","timestamp":1471862433000},"page":"514","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Oral Administration of Fermented Soymilk Products Protects the Skin of Hairless Mice against Ultraviolet Damage"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Mitsuyoshi","family":"Kano","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo 186-8650, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Norihiro","family":"Kubota","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo 186-8650, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Norie","family":"Masuoka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo 186-8650, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1118-1949","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tetsuji","family":"Hori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo 186-8650, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kouji","family":"Miyazaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo 186-8650, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fumiyasu","family":"Ishikawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo 186-8650, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"267","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1751-1097.1986.tb05604.x","article-title":"Effect of UV radiation on survival of non-haired mice","volume":"43","author":"Davies","year":"1986","journal-title":"Photochem. 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