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GHRH and Its Agonists Accelerate Wound Healing: A New Application for GH-Axis Peptides

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The takeaway

GHRH and its synthetic agonists accelerated wound healing through direct cellular effects (fibroblast proliferation, collagen synthesis) and GH/IGF-1 mediation — a new wound healing application for the GH-axis.

Key finding

GHRH and its synthetic agonists accelerated wound healing through direct cellular effects (fibroblast proliferation, collagen synthesis) and GH/IGF-1

What the researchers found

GHRH and its synthetic agonists accelerated wound healing through direct cellular effects (fibroblast proliferation, collagen synthesis) and GH/IGF-1 mediation — a new wound healing application for the GH-axis.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2010.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
GHRH and Its Agonists Accelerate Wound Healing: A New Application for GH-Axis Peptides
What was found?
GHRH and its synthetic agonists accelerated wound healing through direct cellular effects (fibroblast proliferation, collagen synthesis) and GH/IGF-1 mediation — a new wound healing application for the GH-axis.

Read the original research

Acceleration of wound healing by growth hormone-releasing hormone and its agonists.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(43), 18611-5

Citation

Dioufa, Nikolina; Schally, Andrew V; Chatzistamou, Ioulia; Moustou, Evi; Block, Norman L; Owens, Gary K; Papavassiliou, Athanasios G; Kiaris, Hippokratis. (2010). Acceleration of wound healing by growth hormone-releasing hormone and its agonists.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(43), 18611-5. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1013942107