Common name BPC-157 Sequence length 15 residues Database synonym Bepecin Historical code PL 14736 in parts of the literature A defined peptide sequence is evidence of molecular nomenclature
Novel mechanism of endothelial nitric oxide synthase activation mediated by caveolae internalization in endothelial cells
L. I. Fedoreyeva, T. A. Smirnova, G. Ya. Kolomijtseva, V. Kh. Khavinson, and B. F. Vanyushin, Interaction of short peptides with FITC-labeled wheat histones and their complexes with deoxyribooligonucleotides, Pleiades Publishing Ltd, Feb. 2013. doi: 10.1134/s0006297913020053
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The initial findings were so impressive that some researchers suggested BPC-157 could be the prototype of a new class of organoprotective agents. There were still many unanswered questions, though: Would other studies replicate these findings