“…The half-life for collagen has been reported on the order of decades in healthy tissues (Bank et al, 1999; Maroudas et al, 1992; Verzijl et al, 2000b). Due to the long protein half-life in vivo , collagen is one of the proteins that undergo spontaneous glycation and the formation of measurable amounts of Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs) during aging (Choudhary et al, 2011; Sell and Monnier, 2004; Verzijl et al, 2000a; Verzijl et al, 2000b). …”