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Tissue-specific effects of peptides
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This rat study examined the synthetic peptides Cortagen, Epithalon, Livagen, and Vilon in organotypic cultures of explants from rat brain cortex, subcortical structures, liver, and thymus respectively. The authors report each peptide stimulated growth of the explant type matching the tissue from which its corresponding cytomedin (peptide complex) had originally been chemically synthesized, describing this as a tissue-specific pattern of action. Species: rats.
Abstract
Synthetic peptides (cytogens) Cortagen, Epithalon, Livagen, and Vilon stimulated the growth of explants from rat brain cortex, subcortical structures, liver, and thymus, respectively, in organotypic cultures. These peptides produced tissue-specific effects: they stimulated the growth of explants from tissues, whose cytomedins (peptide complexes) were used for chemical synthesis.
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