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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 as a Therapy and Safety Key: A Special Beneficial Pleiotropic Effect Controlling and Modulating Angiogenesis and the NO-System.

Predrag Sikiric, Sven Seiwerth, Anita Skrtic, Mario Staresinic, Sanja Strbe, Antonia Vuksic, Suncana Sikiric, Dinko Bekic, Dragan Soldo, Boris Grizelj and 6 more

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Predrag SikiricDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-7952-2252
Sven SeiwerthDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Anita SkrticDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-9275-7283
Mario StaresinicDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Sanja StrbeDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Antonia VuksicDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0003-0663-3434
Suncana SikiricDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Dinko BekicDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-2941-4472
Dragan SoldoDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Boris GrizeljDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Luka NovoselDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Lidija Beketic OreskovicDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Ivana OreskovicDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Mirjana StupnisekDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0003-2109-2787
Alenka Boban BlagaicDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Ivan DobricDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.

Funding

University of Zagreb 10106-22-3071
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although approached through many concepts, the pleiotropic healing issue, specifically, maintaining/reestablishing tissue integrity, remains a central challenge in pharmacology, particularly when the process is misdirected or not properly controlled. Robert and Szabo's concept of cytoprotection holds that innate cell (epithelial (Robert), endothelial (Szabo)) integrity and protection/maintenance/reestablishment in the stomach is translated to other organ therapy (cytoprotection → organoprotection) via the cytoprotection agent's effect. Therefore, we defend stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 therapy's efficacy and pleiotropic beneficial effects, along with its high safety (LD1 not achieved), against speculation of its negative impact, speculation of angiogenesis toward tumorigenesis, increased NO and eNOS, damaging free radical formation, and neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease). Contrarily, in wound healing and general healing capabilities, as reviewed, as a cytoprotective agent and native cytoprotection mediator, BPC 157 controls angiogenesis and the NO-system's healing functions and counteracts the pathological presentation of neurodegenerative diseases in acknowledged animal models (i.e., Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease), and it presents prominent anti-tumor potential in vivo and in vitro. BPC 157 resolved cornea transparency maintenance, cornea healing "angiogenic privilege" (vs. angiogenesis/neovascularization/tumorigenesis), and it does not produce corneal neovascularization but rather opposes it. Per Folkman's concept, it demonstrates an anti-tumor effect in vivo and in vitro. BPC 157 exhibits a distinctive effect on the NO-level (increase vs. decrease), always combined with the counteraction of free radical formation, and, in mice and rats, BPC 157 therapy counteracts Parkinson's disease-like and Alzheimer's disease-like disturbances. Thus, BPC 157 therapy means targeting angiogenesis and NO's cytotoxic and damaging actions but maintaining, promoting, or recovering their essential protective functions.

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angiogenesisBPC 157control/modulationnitric oxide

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PMID40573323
PMCPMC12195719

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