Stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 can improve the healing course of spinal cord injury and lead to functional recovery in rats.

Darko PerovicDanijela KolencVide BilicNenad SomunDomagoj DrmicEsmat ElabjerGojko BuljatSven SeiwerthPredrag Sikiric

Published in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research (2019)

Axonal and neuronal necrosis, demyelination, and cyst formation were counteracted. The functional rescue provided by BPC 157 after spinal cord injury implies that BPC 157 therapy can impact all stages of the secondary injury phase.

Keyphrases

spinal cord injury
spinal cord
neuropathic pain
stem cells
mesenchymal stem cells
brain injury
cell therapy