<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide royal jelly-containing gene expression inhibitors and gene expression promoters; and to provide a method of detecting them. <;P>;SOLUTION: Gene expression inhibitors containing royal jelly or its fraction have an effect of inhibiting expression of genes containing at least one base sequence selected from SEQ ID Nos. 1 to 5, and gene expression promoters containing royal jelly or its fraction have an effect of promoting expression of genes containing at least one base sequence selected from SEQ ID Nos. 6 to 13. The gene expression inhibitors or the gene expression promoters have anti-inflammatory effects, keratinization abnormality accumulation inhibiting effects, wound-healing promoting effects and/or moistening effects. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT