The promoting effect of pentadecapeptide BPC 157 on tendon healing involves tendon outgrowth, cell survival, and cell migration
Chang CH, Tsai WC, Lin MS, et al. Journal of Applied Physiology 2011;110:774-780.
What it found
Tendon cells grew out of tissue samples faster, survived oxidative stress better, and moved and spread more, with more activation of the FAK and paxillin proteins. Cell division itself did not change.
Limitations
Cells in a dish only. It suggests a mechanism but shows no effect in a living animal or person. Independent group in Taiwan.
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