Repair & copper peptides
This family covers tissue and body-protection peptides like BPC-157, and the copper peptide GHK-Cu, and what the regeneration, skin and wound research around them focuses on.
Unlike the metabolic and growth families, these compounds are studied for their effects on tissue itself: how injuries are repaired, how skin and connective tissue remodel, and the growth-factor pathways behind both, in animal and in-vitro models.
Tissue & body-protection peptides
BPC-157 (~1419.5 Da) stands for Body Protection Compound. It is a stable fragment derived from a protein found in gastric juice. In animal and in-vitro models it is researched for the regeneration of tendon, ligament, muscle and nerve tissue. The proposed mechanisms studied in those models centre on angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, and the modulation of growth factors at the site of an injury.
Researched for
Tendon, ligament, muscle and nerve regeneration in animal and in-vitro models.
Proposed mechanisms
Angiogenesis and growth-factor modulation at the injury site.
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Copper peptides
GHK-Cu is a naturally occurring copper-binding tripeptide, the sequence Gly-His-Lys bound to a copper ion. It is present in the body, and its plasma levels are known to decline with age. In research it is investigated for several remodelling and protective pathways.
| Research area | What models look at |
|---|---|
| Skin elasticity | Remodelling of the skin's supporting matrix in study models. |
| Wound healing | Repair pathways at sites of tissue damage. |
| Hair follicles | Hair-follicle biology in research models. |
| Antioxidant pathways | Antioxidant and remodelling activity. |
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