since another aldehyde , acetaldehyde , the first metabolite of ethanol , also stimulates collagen transcription in cultured fibroblasts ( brenner , d. a. , and chojkier , m. ( 1987 ) j. biol . chem 262 , 17690-17696 ) , we investigated whether ascorbic acid induces lipid peroxidation in cultured cells and if this is the mechanism by which ascorbic acid stimulates collagen gene expression .
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collagen
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collagen gene