Synthetic Growth Hormone-Releasing Peptides (GHRPs): A Historical Appraisal of the Evidences Supporting Their Cytoprotective Effects

Background: Growth hormone-releasing peptides (GHRPs) constitute a group of small synthetic peptides that stimulate the growth hormone secretion and the downstream axis activity. Mounting evidences since the early 1980s delineated unexpected pharmacological cardioprotective and cytoprotective proper...

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Main Authors: Jorge Berlanga-Acosta, Angel Abreu-Cruz, Diana García-del Barco Herrera, Yssel Mendoza-Marí, Arielis Rodríguez-Ulloa, Ariana García-Ojalvo, Viviana Falcón-Cama, Francisco Hernández-Bernal, Qu Beichen, Gerardo Guillén-Nieto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-02-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1179546817694558