The peptide accelerates healing of tendons, ligaments, muscles, and most notably for GERD sufferers, the gastrointestinal tract
These drugs can slow the release or decrease production of stomach acid
Laboratory and animal models suggest a role in connective tissue repair, although how meaningfully this translates to a healing human knee is still being investigated
BPC-157 interacts with the nitric oxide (NO) system, which regulates vascular tone and neural signaling (Sikiri et al., J Pharmacol Sci, 2014)
It is thus central to human development
BPC-157 promotes angiogenesis, which raises questions about use in individuals with active cancers where blood vessel growth could support tumor progression