Tissue Repair & Recovery

Compounds studied in wound healing, tendon and muscle injury, and cell migration. Appearing here means a compound has been studied in this area, not that it works. Open a profile to see the type of evidence and its limits.

B7-33

Synthetic single-chain peptide derived from the B-chain of human relaxin-2 (H2 relaxin); functionally selective (biased) agonist of relaxin family peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1)

BPC-157

Synthetic 15-amino-acid peptide; gastric pentadecapeptide derivative; investigational peptide

Bronchogen

Synthetic tetrapeptide; short peptide bioregulator; experimental bronchial/respiratory epithelial-associated peptide

Cartalax

Synthetic tripeptide; short peptide bioregulator; experimental cartilage/bone-associated peptide

GHK (Copper-Free)

Naturally occurring human tripeptide (Gly-His-Lys); high-affinity copper(II)-binding peptide; matrix-remodeling and gene-expression modulator studied mainly in cell and animal models

GHK-CU

Naturally occurring copper-binding tripeptide complex; metallopeptide; extracellular-matrix and tissue-remodeling research compound. GHK consists of three amino acids—glycine, histidine, and lysine—and can bind a copper(II) ion to form GHK-Cu.

GLOW Blend

Multi-compound research blend; non-standardized commercial peptide mixture

LL-37

Human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide; cationic host-defense peptide; innate immune peptide

MGF (Mechano Growth Factor)

Splice variant of the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) gene and its 24-amino-acid C-terminal E-domain peptide; proposed local (autocrine/paracrine) muscle-repair signal; receptor not identified

PEG-MGF

PEGylated synthetic peptide based on the E-domain region associated with an IGF-1 splice variant; experimental research peptide

PTD-DBM

Synthetic cell-penetrating competitor peptide; inhibitor of the CXXC5–Dishevelled interaction; experimental Wnt/β-catenin pathway activator

TB-500

Synthetic peptide fragment derived from Thymosin Beta-4; investigational research peptide

Thymosin Beta-4

Endogenous 43-amino-acid actin-binding peptide; beta-thymosin family peptide; regenerative and cytoskeletal regulatory peptide