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Gallo explained that:

They also found that patients with rosacea had too much SCTE, which converts cathelicidin into the immune system peptides that lead to rosacea.

"Too much SCTE and too much cathelicidin leads to the abnormal peptides that cause the symptoms of this disease."

He also explained why antibiotics sometimes work in treating rosacea, even though the condition is not caused by bacteria:

"Antibiotics tend to alleviate the symptoms of rosacea in patients because some of them work to inhibit these enzymes. Our findings may modify the therapeutic approach to treating rosacea, since bacteria aren't the right target."