C.-H. Chang, W.-C. Tsai, Y.-H. Hsu, and J.-H. Pang, Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 Enhances the Growth Hormone Receptor Expression in Tendon Fibroblasts, MDPI AG, Nov. 2014. doi: 10.3390/molecules191119066
The mechanistic hypothesis is elegant: BPC-157 initiates the early phase: local vasodilation, angiogenesis, growth factor expression, terrain preparation TB-500 takes over: mobilizes stem and progenitor cells, directs migration via G-actin, sculpts matrix remodeling Both peptides operate on complementary temporal scales (BPC early, TB later) and on distinct cellular targets (endothelium and growth factors for one, migratory cells for the other)
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