The synthetic octapeptide octarphin (beta-endorphin fragment 12-19) showed immunostimulating effects including enhanced phagocytosis and lymphocyte activation — a minimal opioid fragment with immune-boosting properties.
Key findingThe synthetic octapeptide octarphin (beta-endorphin fragment 12-19) showed immunostimulating effects including enhanced phagocytosis and lymphocyte ac
What the researchers found
The synthetic octapeptide octarphin (beta-endorphin fragment 12-19) showed immunostimulating effects including enhanced phagocytosis and lymphocyte activation — a minimal opioid fragment with immune-boosting properties.
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 2011.
The bigger picture
Advances peptide research.
Questions still open
- Further research needed.
Common questions
What was studied?
What was found?
Read the original research
Immunostimulating effect of the synthetic peptide octarphin corresponding to β-endorphin fragment 12-19.
Biochemistry. Biokhimiia, 76(5), 596-604
Citation
Kovalitskaya, Yu A; Nekrasova, Yu N; Sadovnikov, V B; Zolotarev, Yu A; Navolotskaya, E V. (2011). Immunostimulating effect of the synthetic peptide octarphin corresponding to β-endorphin fragment 12-19.. Biochemistry. Biokhimiia, 76(5), 596-604. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006297911050105