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A peptide is a short chain of amino acidsessentially a fragment of a protein
AOD-9604 (Anti-Obesity Drug 9604) is a modified peptide fragment consisting of the terminal 15 amino acids of human growth hormone (positions 176-191) with a tyrosine residue added at the N-terminus for stability
The most studied mechanisms include: upregulation of growth hormone receptors in fibroblasts (increasing sensitivity to healing signals), activation of the FAK-paxillin pathway (promoting cell adhesion and migration), modulation of the nitric oxide system through Src-Caveolin-1-eNOS phosphorylation (enhancing vascular function), and dual activation of the Egr-1/NAB2 gene loop (promoting organized, non-chaotic blood vessel growth)
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2 (1), 1-9
The peptide's ability to act across tissue types simultaneously positions it as one of the more comprehensively studied compounds in preclinical injury recovery research