BPC 157 is a peptide many people turn to for its potential health benefits, like helping muscles recover and reducing inflammation
Reduced autophagy in livers of fasted, fat-depleted, ghrelin-deficient mice: reversal by growth hormone
FDA reviewers questioned whether existing clinical data sufficiently establish BPC-157s safety profile or demonstrate meaningful clinical benefit
Thus, gene therapy with viral vectors protects from neuronal death in animal models of ALS (Lee et al., 2019) and cerebral ischemia (Hayashi et al., 2001), promotes angiogenesis, and reduces apoptosis in SCI (Kitamura et al., 2007)
The peptide raises production of growth factors, including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which drives new blood vessel formation, and epidermal growth factor (EGF), which supports cell growth and differentiation