The active fraction was traced to a glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine sequence [1]
Canapp SO Jr, Farese JP, Schultz GS, Gowda S, Ishak AM, Swaim SF, Vangilder J, Lee-Ambrose L, Martin FG
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Studies are ongoing to implement this peptide as treatment for overweight individuals with heart failure, people dealing with obstructive sleep apnea, non-alcoholic fatty liver and chronic kidney disease
Human adult dermal fibroblasts incubated with GHK-Cu at concentrations of 0.01, 1, and 100 nM demonstrated increased production of both elastin and collagen, with all concentrations increasing TIMP1 expression and low concentrations enhancing MMP1 and MMP2 gene expression