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Genome-Wide Analysis of BPC Gene Family in Soybean and the Role of GmBPC8 in Floral Organ Development in Arabidopsis

  • Kuo Yang,
  • Binbin Li,
  • Ruihong Sun,
  • Yanfu Pan and ,
  • Shangjing Guo and
  • Chongyang Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 September 2026

The BARLEY B RECOMBINANT/BASIC PENTACYSTEINE (BBR/BPC) transcription factors are widely involved in plant development and abiotic stress responses. In this study, ten GmBPC genes were identified in the soybean genome, and their characteristics and ex...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,437 Views
14 Pages

29 August 2025

BASIC PENTACYSTEINE (BPC) is a small family of plant-specific transcription factors that play crucial roles in plant growth, development processes, and response to abiotic stresses. However, the specific roles of Nicotiana tabacum BPCs (NtBPCs) remai...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,106 Views
19 Pages

BPC-157 and Its Novel Hybrid Analogs as Inhibitors of Acetylcholinesterase

  • Juliana Jelińska,
  • Michalina Józwiak,
  • Łukasz Szeleszczuk,
  • Karol Sikora and ,
  • Wojciech Kamysz,
  • Patrycja Kleczkowska,
  • Marcin Gackowski and
  • Błażej Grodner
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition remains a key therapeutic strategy in the management of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. In this study, the inhibitory potential of the gastric pentadecapeptide BPC-157 and two newl...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pharmacology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,804 Views
17 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification of BPC Gene Family in Ten Cotton Species and Function Analysis of GhBPC4 Involved in Cold Stress Response

  • Faren Zhu,
  • Qing Xu,
  • Jiliang Fan,
  • Lu Meng and ,
  • Rong Wang,
  • Jiahuan Niu,
  • Jingru Wang,
  • Ganggang Zhang,
  • Shandang Shi and
  • Hongbin Li
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

18 August 2025

Basic Pentacysteine (BPC) represents a class of plant-exclusive transcription factors, serving pivotal roles in orchestrating developmental processes and mediating responses to both biotic and abiotic stressors. However, the genome-wide characteristi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Responses to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses)
  • Article
  • Open Access
93 Citations
89,435 Views
12 Pages

Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 Enhances the Growth Hormone Receptor Expression in Tendon Fibroblasts

  • Chung-Hsun Chang,
  • Wen-Chung Tsai,
  • Ya-Hui Hsu and
  • Jong-Hwei Su Pang

19 November 2014

BPC 157, a pentadecapeptide derived from human gastric juice, has been demonstrated to promote the healing of different tissues, including skin, muscle, bone, ligament and tendon in many animal studies. However, the underlying mechanism has not been...

(This article belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
11,479 Views
26 Pages

Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 Therapy of Rat Glaucoma

  • Tamara Kralj,
  • Antonio Kokot,
  • Mirna Zlatar,
  • Sanja Masnec and ,
  • Katarina Kasnik Kovac,
  • Marija Milkovic Perisa,
  • Lovorka Batelja Vuletic,
  • Ana Giljanovic,
  • Sanja Strbe and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 14 authors+ 9 authors

Cauterization of three episcleral veins (open-angle glaucoma model) induces venous congestion and increases intraocular pressure in rats. If not upgraded, one episcleral vein is regularly unable to acquire and take over the whole function, and glauco...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Pentadecapeptide BPC 157)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
27,464 Views
30 Pages

Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 as a Therapy for the Disable Myotendinous Junctions in Rats

  • Mladen Japjec,
  • Katarina Horvat Pavlov,
  • Andreja Petrovic,
  • Mario Staresinic and ,
  • Bozidar Sebecic,
  • Matko Buljan,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Ana Giljanovic,
  • Domagoj Drmic and
  • Sikiric Predrag
  • + 13 authors+ 8 authors

(1) Aim: The stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 is known to heal transected muscle, tendon, and ligament. Thereby, in this study, we investigated the effect of BPC 157 on the dissection of the quadriceps tendon from the quadriceps muscle in rats...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Pentadecapeptide BPC 157)
  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
346,168 Views
22 Pages

Multifunctionality and Possible Medical Application of the BPC 157 Peptide—Literature and Patent Review

  • Michalina Józwiak,
  • Marta Bauer,
  • Wojciech Kamysz and
  • Patrycja Kleczkowska

30 January 2025

BPC 157, known as the “Body Protection Compound”, is a pentadecapeptide isolated from human gastric juice that demonstrated its pleiotropic beneficial effects in various preclinical models mimicking medical conditions, such as tissue inju...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in the Discovery and Development of Drugs for Civilization Diseases)
  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
35,674 Views
40 Pages

Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 and Striated, Smooth, and Heart Muscle

  • Mario Staresinic,
  • Mladen Japjec,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Andreja Prtoric and ,
  • Helena Zizek,
  • Ivan Krezic,
  • Slaven Gojkovic,
  • Ivan Maria Smoday,
  • Katarina Oroz and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 20 authors+ 15 authors

12 December 2022

First, we review the definitively severed myotendinous junction and recovery by the cytoprotective stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 therapy, its healing that might combine both transected and detached tendon and transected muscle, ligament and...

(This article belongs to the Section Cell Biology and Pathology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
11,531 Views
31 Pages

Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157—Possible Novel Therapy of Glaucoma and Other Ocular Conditions

  • Predrag Sikiric,
  • Antonio Kokot,
  • Tamara Kralj,
  • Mirna Zlatar and ,
  • Sanja Masnec,
  • Ratimir Lazic,
  • Kristina Loncaric,
  • Katarina Oroz,
  • Marko Sablic and
  • Mario Staresinic
  • + 19 authors+ 14 authors

24 July 2023

Recently, stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 therapy by activation of collateral pathways counteracted various occlusion/occlusion-like syndromes, vascular, and multiorgan failure, and blood pressure disturbances in rats with permanent major ves...

(This article belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
7 Citations
57,746 Views
12 Pages

From Regeneration to Analgesia: The Role of BPC-157 in Tissue Repair and Pain Management

  • Claire Yuan,
  • Ariana Demers,
  • Victor Silva-Ortiz,
  • Jamal J. Hasoon and ,
  • Woojin Lee,
  • Karan Dave,
  • Kasra Amirdelfan,
  • Harold W. Burke,
  • Paul J. Christo and
  • Christopher L. Robinson
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Body Protective Compound-157 (BPC-157) is a synthetic pentadecapeptide derived from gastric proteins that has demonstrated notable reparative and anti-inflammatory properties across diverse preclinical models. Experimental evidence reveals that BPC-1...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Pain: From Bench to Bedside)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,337 Views
42 Pages

Unilateral Adrenalectomy, and the Stable Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 as Therapy in Rats—A Cytoprotection Approach

  • Ivan Maria Smoday,
  • Vlasta Vukovic,
  • Katarina Oroz,
  • Hrvoje Vranes and ,
  • Luka Kalogjera,
  • Ozren Gamulin,
  • Josipa Vlainic,
  • Marija Milavic,
  • Suncana Sikiric and
  • Anita Skrtic
  • + 17 authors+ 12 authors

Background. This rat study reveals a new point: the considerable impact of unilateral adrenalectomy, severe vascular and multiorgan failure, occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome, and the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 therapy. Based on the rece...

(This article belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
5,094 Views
17 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of Cucumber BPC Transcription Factors and Their Responses to Abiotic Stresses and Exogenous Phytohormones

  • Shuzhen Li,
  • Li Miao,
  • Bin Huang,
  • Lihong Gao and ,
  • Chaoxing He,
  • Yan Yan,
  • Jun Wang,
  • Xianchang Yu and
  • Yansu Li
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

11 October 2019

BASIC PENTACYSTEINE (BPC) is a small transcription factor family that functions in diverse growth and development processes in plants. However, the roles of BPCs in plants, especially cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), in response to abiotic stress and e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mapping Abiotic Stress-Tolerance Genes in Plants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
645 Views
15 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Light-Induced Expression Analysis of the BPC Gene Family in Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn

  • Pengfei Li,
  • Zewen Lu,
  • Yujia Chen,
  • Xiaobo Zhang and ,
  • Shunlin Wang,
  • Yijin Luo,
  • Changgui Yang,
  • Guoping Shu,
  • Tao Zhou and
  • Yang Yang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

The BASIC PENTACYSTEINE (BPC) family represents a group of plant-specific transcription factors with established functions in developmental regulation and environmental adaptation. Although BPC genes have been catalogued in diverse plant species, the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tolerance of Horticultural Plants to Abiotic Stresses)
  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
33,605 Views
41 Pages

The Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 Pleiotropic Beneficial Activity and Its Possible Relations with Neurotransmitter Activity

  • Predrag Sikiric,
  • Alenka Boban Blagaic,
  • Sanja Strbe,
  • Lidija Beketic Oreskovic and ,
  • Ivana Oreskovic,
  • Suncana Sikiric,
  • Mario Staresinic,
  • Marko Sever,
  • Antonio Kokot and
  • Sven Seiwerth
  • + 16 authors+ 11 authors

We highlight the particular aspects of the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 pleiotropic beneficial activity (not destroyed in human gastric juice, native and stable in human gastric juice, as a cytoprotection mediator holds a response specific...

(This article belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,280 Views
34 Pages

Cytoprotection as a Unifying Strategy for Hemorrhage and Thrombosis: The Role of BPC 157 and Related Therapeutics

  • Predrag Sikiric,
  • Ivan Barisic,
  • Mario Udovicic,
  • Martina Lovric Bencic and ,
  • Diana Balenovic,
  • Dean Strinic,
  • Gordana Zivanovic Posilovic,
  • Sandra Uzun,
  • Hrvoje Vranes and
  • Anita Skrtic
  • + 19 authors+ 14 authors

12 March 2026

This review presents an innovative and timely exploration of how cytoprotection can serve as a cohesive therapeutic approach by which to address the hemorrhage–thrombosis paradox. Presenting counteraction of both hemorrhage and thrombosis as ph...

(This article belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,019 Views
26 Pages

Occluded Superior Mesenteric Artery and Vein. Therapy with the Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157

  • Mario Knezevic,
  • Slaven Gojkovic,
  • Ivan Krezic,
  • Helena Zizek and ,
  • Dominik Malekinusic,
  • Borna Vrdoljak,
  • Tamara Knezevic,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Domagoj Drmic and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 21 authors+ 16 authors

Background. We investigated the occluded essential vessel tributaries, both arterial and venous, occluded superior mesenteric vein and artery in rats, consequent noxious syndrome, peripherally and centrally. As therapy, we hypothesized the rapidly ac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Pentadecapeptide BPC 157)
  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
17,725 Views
33 Pages

BPC 157 Therapy and the Permanent Occlusion of the Superior Sagittal Sinus in Rat: Vascular Recruitment

  • Slaven Gojkovic,
  • Ivan Krezic,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Helena Zizek and ,
  • Domagoj Drmic,
  • Katarina Horvat Pavlov,
  • Andrea Petrovic,
  • Lovorka Batelja Vuletic,
  • Marija Milavic and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 14 authors+ 9 authors

We show the complex syndrome of the occluded superior sagittal sinus, brain swelling and lesions and multiple peripheral organs lesions in rat. Recovery goes centrally and peripherally, with the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157, which alleviat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Pentadecapeptide BPC 157)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
6,739 Views
40 Pages

Over-Dose Lithium Toxicity as an Occlusive-like Syndrome in Rats and Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157

  • Sanja Strbe,
  • Slaven Gojkovic,
  • Ivan Krezic,
  • Helena Zizek and ,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Ivan Barisic,
  • Dean Strinic,
  • Tatjana Orct,
  • Jaksa Vukojevic and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 15 authors+ 10 authors

Due to endothelial impairment, high-dose lithium may produce an occlusive-like syndrome, comparable to permanent occlusion of major vessel-induced syndromes in rats; intracranial, portal, and caval hypertension, and aortal hypotension; multi-organ dy...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Pentadecapeptide BPC 157)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,455 Views
18 Pages

Endothelium-Dependent Nitric Oxide-Mediated Vasorelaxant Effects of BPC 157 in Human Internal Mammary Artery

  • Alperen Kutay Yildirim,
  • Ahmet Onur Dastan,
  • Meric Demeli Ertus,
  • Mesher Ensarioglu and ,
  • Kubilay Karabacak and
  • Bilge Pehlivanoglu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Background/Objectives: Body Protection Compound-157 (BPC 157) is a stable gastric pentadecapeptide with cytoprotective, pro-angiogenic, and nitric oxide (NO)-modulating properties that has gained increasing attention for its therapeutic potential. Al...

(This article belongs to the Section Vascular Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
862 Views
18 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification of the BPC Gene Family in Brassica juncea and Expression Analysis of Its Regulatory Mechanisms in Response to Light and Salicylic Acid

  • Shunlin Wang,
  • Zewen Lu,
  • Jiahui Bai,
  • Yujia Chen and ,
  • Yang Yang,
  • Guoping Shu,
  • Changgui Yang,
  • Zengxiang Wu and
  • Pengfei Li
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

BASIC PENTACYSTEINE (BPC) transcription factors are plant-specific and play crucial roles in regulating plant development and responses to abiotic stresses. However, the genomic characteristics of the BPC gene family in Brassica juncea and its regula...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops (Second Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
12,400 Views
38 Pages

Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 May Counteract Myocardial Infarction Induced by Isoprenaline in Rats

  • Ivan Barisic,
  • Diana Balenovic,
  • Mario Udovicic,
  • Darija Bardak and ,
  • Dean Strinic,
  • Josipa Vlainić,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Ivan Maria Smoday,
  • Ivan Krezic and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 18 authors+ 13 authors

We revealed that the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157, a useful peptide therapy against isoprenaline myocardial infarction, as well as against isoprenaline myocardial reinfarction, may follow the counteraction of the recently described occlusi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Pentadecapeptide BPC 157)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,659 Views
26 Pages

Tracheocutaneous Fistula Resolved by Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 Therapy Through the NO-System—Triple NO-Agent Approach in Rats

  • Goran Madzarac,
  • Tomislav Becejac,
  • Toni Penovic,
  • Dominik Drazenovic and ,
  • Lucija Kralj,
  • Marta Popović Dolic,
  • Suncana Sikiric,
  • Lidija Beketic Oreskovic,
  • Ivana Oreskovic and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 18 authors+ 13 authors

14 January 2026

Background/Objectives: This 7-day rat tracheocutaneous fistula study considered the not-studied issues of tracheocutaneous fistula course, wound healing, and fistula in the NO-system relations. Therefore, we focused on fistulas’ severe course,...

(This article belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,079 Views
21 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification, Conservation, and Expression Pattern Analyses of the BBR-BPC Gene Family Under Abiotic Stress in Brassica napus L.

  • Long Wang,
  • Wei Chen,
  • Zhi Zhao,
  • Huaxin Li and ,
  • Damei Pei,
  • Zhen Huang,
  • Hongyan Wang and
  • Lu Xiao
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

29 December 2024

Background: The BBR-BPC gene family is a relatively conservative group of transcription factors, playing a key role in plant morphogenesis, organ development, and responses to abiotic stress. Brassica napus L. (B. napus), commonly known as oilseed ra...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
12,371 Views
42 Pages

BPC-157 as an Investigational Peptide Therapeutic: Biopharmaceutical Challenges, Formulation Strategies, and Translational Development Barriers

  • Diana-Maria Mateescu,
  • Dragos-Mihai Gavrilescu,
  • Florin Eugen Constantinescu,
  • Cristian Oancea and ,
  • Adrian-Cosmin Ilie,
  • Roxana Folescu,
  • Mihaela-Diana Popa,
  • Stela Iurciuc,
  • Camelia-Oana Muresan and
  • Alexandra Enache
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Background/Objectives: BPC-157 (body protection compound 157) is a synthetic pentadecapeptide derived from a gastric protein fragment with reported cytoprotective and regenerative properties across multiple organ systems. Despite over three decades o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Peptide-Based Drug Delivery Systems: From Design to Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
9,397 Views
19 Pages

Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 Heals Established Vesicovaginal Fistula and Counteracts Stone Formation in Rats

  • Domagoj Rasic,
  • Anita Zenko Sever,
  • Fran Rasic,
  • Sanja Strbe and ,
  • Zarko Rasic,
  • Antonija Djuzel,
  • Bozidar Duplancic,
  • Alenka Boban Blagaic,
  • Anita Skrtic and
  • Marko Sever
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

13 September 2021

With the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 therapy known to heal various both external and internal rat fistulas, we attempt to approach vesicovaginal fistula, continuous urine leaking through vagina, bladder stones, and a possible therapy solu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Pentadecapeptide BPC 157)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,200 Views
38 Pages

Antiarrhythmic Sotalol, Occlusion/Occlusion-like Syndrome in Rats, and Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 Therapy

  • Ivica Premuzic Mestrovic,
  • Ivan Maria Smoday,
  • Luka Kalogjera,
  • Ivan Krezic and ,
  • Helena Zizek,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Vlasta Vukovic,
  • Katarina Oroz,
  • Ivan Skorak and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 19 authors+ 14 authors

We focused on the first demonstration that antiarrhythmics, particularly class II and class III antiarrhythmic and beta-blocker sotalol can induce severe occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome in rats. In this syndrome, as in similar syndromes with perman...

(This article belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,710 Views
26 Pages

19 September 2026

Ischemia–reperfusion injury (IRI) is a clinically important consequence of blood-flow restoration after ischemia and contributes to tissue damage across multiple organ systems. This critical review evaluates the preclinical evidence for BPC 157...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Research on Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,898 Views
17 Pages

Physiological and Immunological Status of Adult Honeybees (Apis mellifera) Fed Sugar Syrup Supplemented with Pentadecapeptide BPC 157

  • Ivana Tlak Gajger,
  • Maja Ivana Smodiš Škerl,
  • Petra Šoštarić,
  • Jelena Šuran and ,
  • Predrag Sikirić and
  • Josipa Vlainić
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

9 September 2021

Various factors contribute to a decline in diversity and number of bees. Here, an integrated approach in experimental BPC 157 therapy was implemented, combining laboratory-controlled and field study results. The aim of a study was to assess the effec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
11,935 Views
17 Pages

Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 Therapy for Monocrotaline-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension in Rats Leads to Prevention and Reversal

  • Mario Udovicic,
  • Marko Sever,
  • Lovro Kavur,
  • Kristina Loncaric and ,
  • Ivan Barisic,
  • Diana Balenovic,
  • Gordana Zivanovic Posilovic,
  • Dean Strinic,
  • Sandra Uzun and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 12 authors+ 7 authors

Background. Monocrotaline selectively injures the lung’s vascular endothelium and induces pulmonary arterial hypertension. The stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 acts as a prototype cytoprotective agent that maintains endothelium, and its applic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Pentadecapeptide BPC 157)
  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
4,479 Views
27 Pages

Complex Syndrome of the Complete Occlusion of the End of the Superior Mesenteric Vein, Opposed with the Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 in Rats

  • Mario Knezevic,
  • Slaven Gojkovic,
  • Ivan Krezic,
  • Helena Zizek and ,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Dominik Malekinusic,
  • Borna Vrdoljak,
  • Tamara Knezevic,
  • Katarina Horvat Pavlov and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 24 authors+ 19 authors

Background. Gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 therapy in rats compensated irremovable occlusion of various vessels and counteracted the consequent multiorgan dysfunction syndromes by activation of the corresponding collateral bypassing loops. Thus, we...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Pentadecapeptide BPC 157)
  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
16,093 Views
13 Pages

Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 and Intestinal Anastomoses Therapy in Rats—A Review

  • Salem Bajramagic,
  • Marko Sever,
  • Fran Rasic,
  • Mario Staresinic and ,
  • Anita Skrtic,
  • Lidija Beketic Oreskovic,
  • Ivana Oreskovic,
  • Sanja Strbe,
  • Svjetlana Loga Zec and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 12 authors+ 7 authors

17 August 2024

By introducing the healing of many distinctive anastomoses by BPC 157 therapy, this review practically deals with the concept of the resection and reconnection of the hollow parts of the gastrointestinal tract as one of the cornerstones of visceral s...

(This article belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,351 Views
11 Pages

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Reveals Molecular Changes in Blood Vessels of Rats Treated with Pentadecapeptide BPC 157

  • Ozren Gamulin,
  • Katarina Oroz,
  • Luka Coric,
  • Maria Krajacic and ,
  • Marko Skrabic,
  • Vilim Dretar,
  • Sanja Strbe,
  • Jasminka Talapko,
  • Martina Juzbasic and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 14 authors+ 9 authors

Recently, it was found that when confronted with major vessel occlusion and vascular failure, stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 therapy might rapidly functionally improve minor vessels to take over the function of disabled major vessels, reorga...

(This article belongs to the Section Cell Biology and Pathology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
46,814 Views
30 Pages

Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 May Recover Brain–Gut Axis and Gut–Brain Axis Function

  • Predrag Sikiric,
  • Slaven Gojkovic,
  • Ivan Krezic,
  • Ivan Maria Smoday and ,
  • Luka Kalogjera,
  • Helena Zizek,
  • Katarina Oroz,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Vlasta Vukovic and
  • Sven Seiwerth
  • + 19 authors+ 14 authors

30 April 2023

Conceptually, a wide beneficial effect, both peripherally and centrally, might have been essential for the harmony of brain–gut and gut–brain axes’ function. Seen from the original viewpoint of the gut peptides’ significance a...

(This article belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
  • Comment
  • Open Access
7 Citations
24,280 Views
8 Pages

28 September 2025

The healing issue is a central, not completely understood, problem in pharmacology, approached by many concepts. One of the most well-known is Robert’s and Szabo’s concept of cytoprotection, which holds innate cell (epithelial (Robert), e...

(This article belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,050 Views
21 Pages

BPC 157, L-NAME, L-Arginine, NO-Relation, in the Suited Rat Ketamine Models Resembling “Negative-Like” Symptoms of Schizophrenia

  • Andrea Zemba Cilic,
  • Mladen Zemba,
  • Matija Cilic,
  • Sanja Strbe and ,
  • Spomenko Ilic,
  • Jaksa Vukojevic,
  • Zoran Zoricic,
  • Igor Filipcic,
  • Antonio Kokot and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 14 authors+ 9 authors

We attempted throughout the NO-system to achieve the particular counteraction of the ketamine-induced resembling “negative-like” schizophrenia symptoms in rats using pentadecapeptide BPC 157, and NO-agents, NG-nitro-L-arginine methylester...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular and Translational Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,353 Views
36 Pages

Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 as Therapy for Inferior Caval Vein Embolization: Recovery of Sodium Laurate-Post-Embolization Syndrome in Rats

  • Ivan Maria Smoday,
  • Ivan Krezic,
  • Luka Kalogjera,
  • Vlasta Vukovic and ,
  • Helena Zizek,
  • Marija Skoro,
  • Katarina Kasnik Kovac,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Ivan Barisic and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 23 authors+ 18 authors

23 October 2023

After inferior caval vein embolization therapy, post-embolization syndrome (sodium laurate 10 mg/kg, 0.1 mL into rat inferior caval vein, assessment at 15, 30, 60 min, prime lung lesions, thromboemboli occluding lung vessels), as a severe occlusion/o...

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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 and ,
  • Sanja Strbe,
  • Antonia Vuksic,
  • Suncana Sikiric,
  • Dinko Bekic,
  • Dragan Soldo and
  • Ivan Dobric
  • + 11 authors+ 6 authors

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....

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25 Pages

Protective Effects of BPC 157 on Liver, Kidney, and Lung Distant Organ Damage in Rats with Experimental Lower-Extremity Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury

  • Hüseyin Demirtaş,
  • Abdullah Özer,
  • Alperen Kutay Yıldırım,
  • Ali Doğan Dursun and ,
  • Şaban Cem Sezen and
  • Mustafa Arslan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

8 February 2025

Background and Objectives: Ischemia–reperfusion (I/R) injury can affect multiple distant organs following I/R in the lower extremities. BPC-157’s anti-inflammatory and free radical-neutralizing properties suggest its potential in mitigati...

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Novel Therapeutic Effects in Rat Spinal Cord Injuries: Recovery of the Definitive and Early Spinal Cord Injury by the Administration of Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 Therapy

  • Darko Perovic,
  • Marija Milavic,
  • Stjepan Dokuzovic,
  • Ivan Krezic and ,
  • Slaven Gojkovic,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Igor Bebek,
  • Vide Bilic,
  • Nenad Somun and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 15 authors+ 10 authors

Recently, marked therapeutic effects pertaining to the recovery of injured rat spinal cords (1 min compression injury of the sacrocaudal spinal cord (S2-Co1) resulting in tail paralysis) appeared after a single intraperitoneal administration of the s...

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Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 as Therapy After Surgical Detachment of the Quadriceps Muscle from Its Attachments for Muscle-to-Bone Reattachment in Rats

  • Danijel Matek,
  • Irena Matek,
  • Eva Staresinic,
  • Mladen Japjec and ,
  • Ivan Bojanic,
  • Alenka Boban Blagaic,
  • Lidija Beketic Oreskovic,
  • Ivana Oreskovic,
  • Tihomil Ziger and
  • Ivica Brizic
  • + 15 authors+ 10 authors

Background: This is a novel rat study using native peptide therapy, focused on reversing quadriceps muscle-to-bone detachment to reattachment and stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 per-oral therapy for shared muscle healing and function restorat...

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Robert’s Intragastric Alcohol-Induced Gastric Lesion Model as an Escalated General Peripheral and Central Syndrome, Counteracted by the Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157

  • Slaven Gojkovic,
  • Ivan Krezic,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Helena Zizek and ,
  • Domagoj Drmic,
  • Lovorka Batelja Vuletic,
  • Marija Milavic,
  • Suncana Sikiric,
  • Irma Stilinovic and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 19 authors+ 14 authors

23 September 2021

We redefined Robert’s prototypical cytoprotection model, namely the intragastric administration of 96% alcohol in order to generate a general peripheral and central syndrome similar to that which occurs when major central or peripheral veins are occl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Pentadecapeptide BPC 157)
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30 October 2023

Traditional strategies for the metabolic profiling of doping are limited by the unpredictable metabolic pathways and the numerous proportions of background and chemical noise that lead to inadequate metabolism knowledge, thereby affecting the selecti...

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Tendon, Ligament, and Muscle Injury, Osteotendinous, Myotendinous, and Muscle-to-Bone Junction Therapy Perspectives with Growth Factors and Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157—A Review

  • Danijel Matek,
  • Irena Matek,
  • Mladen Japjec,
  • Mirta Matek and ,
  • Jakov Prenc,
  • Borna Staresinic,
  • Eva Staresinic,
  • Andreja Prtoric,
  • Suncana Sikiric and
  • Mario Staresinic
  • + 16 authors+ 11 authors

12 February 2026

As a novel theoretical and practical advantage, preclinical to clinical evidence, this systematic review of PRP, growth factors, and stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 efficacy in complex musculoskeletal and junctional injuries emphasizes the cy...

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Acute Compartment Syndrome and Intra-Abdominal Hypertension, Decompression, Current Pharmacotherapy, and Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 Solution

  • Predrag Sikiric,
  • Sven Seiwerth,
  • Anita Skrtic,
  • Mario Staresinic and ,
  • Sanja Strbe,
  • Antonia Vuksic,
  • Suncana Sikiric,
  • Dinko Bekic,
  • Toni Penovic and
  • Ivan Dobric
  • + 14 authors+ 9 authors

In this study, pharmacotherapies of abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) and intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) in animal studies were reviewed from the perspective of ACS/IAH as failed cytoprotection issues, as non-specific injuries, and from the po...

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Therapy Effect of the Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 on Acute Pancreatitis as Vascular Failure-Induced Severe Peripheral and Central Syndrome in Rats

  • Ivan Maria Smoday,
  • Igor Petrovic,
  • Luka Kalogjera,
  • Hrvoje Vranes and ,
  • Helena Zizek,
  • Ivan Krezic,
  • Slaven Gojkovic,
  • Ivan Skorak,
  • Klaudija Hriberski and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 15 authors+ 10 authors

We revealed the therapy effect of the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 (10 μg/kg, 10 ng/kg ig or po) with specific activation of the collateral rescuing pathways, the azygos vein, on bile duct ligation in particular, and acute pancreatitis...

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Possibilities for Cytoprotective Liver Therapy, Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157, and Standard Agents—A Narrative Review

  • Marko Sever,
  • Anita Zenko Sever,
  • Robert Klicek,
  • Lucija Kralj and ,
  • Marta Popovic Dolic,
  • Kresimir Luetic,
  • Dinko Bekic,
  • Zeljka Belosic Halle,
  • Mario Sucic and
  • Anita Skrtic
  • + 15 authors+ 10 authors

1 October 2026

Cytoprotection provides a conceptual framework for the preservation and restoration of tissue integrity under conditions of noxious injury. In liver disease, however, effective protection may require more than direct limitation of hepatocellular dama...

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Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 Therapy: Effect on Reperfusion Following Maintained Intra-Abdominal Hypertension (Grade III and IV) in Rats

  • Marijan Tepes,
  • Ivan Krezic,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Ivan Maria Smoday and ,
  • Luka Kalogjera,
  • Helena Zizek,
  • Vlasta Vukovic,
  • Katarina Oroz,
  • Katarina Kasnik Kovac and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 20 authors+ 15 authors

2 November 2023

Given in reperfusion, the use of stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 is an effective therapy in rats. It strongly counteracted, as a whole, decompression/reperfusion-induced occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome following the worst circumstances of a...

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Innate Vascular Failure by Application of Neuroleptics, Amphetamine, and Domperidone Rapidly Induced Severe Occlusion/Occlusion-like Syndromes in Rats and Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 as Therapy

  • Sanja Strbe,
  • Ivan Maria Smoday,
  • Ivan Krezic,
  • Luka Kalogjera and ,
  • Vlasta Vukovic,
  • Helena Zizek,
  • Slaven Gojkovic,
  • Hrvoje Vranes,
  • Ivan Barisic and
  • Predrag Sikiric
  • + 16 authors+ 11 authors

Even before behavioral disturbances, neuroleptics, amphetamine, and domperidone application rapidly emerged severe occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome, shared innate vascular and multiorgan failure in rats, comparable to occlusion/occlusion-like syndro...

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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Characterization of Aortic Wall Remodeling by Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 After Unilateral Adrenalectomy in Rats

  • Ivan Maria Smoday,
  • Vlasta Vukovic,
  • Katarina Oroz,
  • Hrvoje Vranes and ,
  • Luka Kalogjera,
  • Ozren Gamulin,
  • Josipa Vlainic,
  • Marija Milavic,
  • Suncana Sikiric and
  • Anita Skrtic
  • + 17 authors+ 12 authors

22 January 2026

Background: No Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy studies have directly evaluated adrenalectomy vessels, the technique’s established ability to probe collagen/elastin-associated spectral features and lipid peroxidation-related signa...

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