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Study · Measured the body's own peptide · 2008

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[Activation of satellite cells in the intercostal muscles of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].

Martínez-Llorens J, Casadevall C, Lloreta J, Orozco-Levi M, Barreiro E, Broquetas J, Gea J

Archivos de bronconeumologia1 May 2008Cited by 14 (Europe PMC)

PMID18448014 (opens in a new tab)DOI10.1157/13119938 (opens in a new tab)PepBankPUB-18448014
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Summary

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Results from this study1

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Natural levels measured1

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  1. 01HumanEndogenous levelObservational studyMechanism

    In patients with severe COPD, expression of mechano growth factor in intercostal muscle was higher than in control subjects.

    In plain wordsIn people with severe COPD, the body's own MGF levels in chest muscle were higher than in healthy people.

    Peptide
    MGF / PEG-MGF
    Outcome
    IncreaseMGF expression in intercostal muscle
    Study

    n = 15

    Comparator
    Healthy control subjects
    Outcome group
    Muscle injury and repair · Respiratory

    Measurements

    MGF expression
    0.45 AU
    COPD patients
    MGF expression
    0.13 AU
    control subjects

    Source sentences

    Summary
    mechano growth factor, 0.45 (0.55) vs 0.13 (0.17) AU (P=.05).
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    The study included 8 patients with severe COPD (mean [SD] forced expiratory volume in 1 second, 33% [9%] of predicted) and 7 control subjects in whom biopsies were performed of the external intercostal muscle.

    This result measures the body's own MGF / PEG-MGF. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.

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  1. Version 2Current

    13 Oct 2026, 21:44 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 1

    13 Oct 2026, 16:31 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

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