Who was studied?
Rat Achilles tendon explants and cultured tendon fibroblasts were studied in laboratory assays.
- Participants
- Rat tendon explants and cells
- Duration
- Laboratory assays
- Funding
- Funding not stated in the PubMed abstract
What did the study find?
BPC-157 promoted explant outgrowth, migration and survival under oxidative stress, with changes in FAK–paxillin signaling. It did not directly increase proliferation in the reported assay.
What should you keep in mind?
These were laboratory outcomes, not recovery measurements in injured people. The experiment cannot establish a human healing rate or schedule.
Why it matters
A possible mechanism helps frame a research question. It is a different kind of evidence from a person reporting less pain.
The promoting effect of pentadecapeptide BPC 157 on tendon healing involves tendon outgrowth, cell survival, and cell migration
Published 2011 · PMID 21030672 · DOI 10.1152/japplphysiol.00945.2010
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