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Bone & cartilage: peptides in published research

Sources checked 2026-10-07 · 5 compounds · 6 cited studies

Scope: Bone, fracture callus and cartilage cells. Each entry names the model and the tissue that a published study looked at, with the citation. It describes what was studied, not what was found, and a listing here is not a claim that a compound does anything in that organ.

FOXO4-DRI

  • Cell culture Human chondrocytes (cartilage cells) from healthy donors, expanded in vitro. Published 2021 · PubMed PMID 33996787 ↗

Also listed under: Heart & blood vessels, Kidney & urinary tract, Skin, Lungs & airways, Reproductive organs & breast

GHRP-6

  • Animal Adult female rats over 12 weeks; bone mineral content by DXA and pQCT. Published 2000 · PubMed PMID 10828840 ↗

Also listed under: Heart & blood vessels, Gut & digestive tract, Pituitary & hormone axes

Ipamorelin

Also listed under: Gut & digestive tract, Pituitary & hormone axes

Klotho (α-Klotho)

  • Cell culture & animal Mice homozygous for a disruption of the klotho gene (kl/kl); bone histomorphometry, plus bone marrow and osteoblastic cell cultures. Published 1999 · PubMed PMID 10430604 ↗

Also listed under: Brain & nervous system, Heart & blood vessels, Kidney & urinary tract, Muscle & tendon, Eye, Lungs & airways

TB-500 (thymosin beta-4)

  • Animal Mouse fibular osteotomy (fracture) model; callus strength and composition by micro-CT. Published 2014 · PubMed PMID 25042765 ↗

Also listed under: Brain & nervous system, Heart & blood vessels, Liver, Skin, Eye, Lungs & airways

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