Pentadecapeptide BPC 157, in Clinical Trials as a Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (PL14736), Is Effective in the Healing of Colocutaneous Fistulas in Rats: Role of the Nitric Oxide-System
We focused on the therapeutic effect of the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 and how its action is related to nitric oxide (NO) in persistent colocutaneous fistula in rats (at 5 cm from anus, colon defect of 5 mm, skin defect of 5 mm); this peptide has been shown to be safe in clinical trials...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2008-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Pharmacological Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319313696 |