The copper coordination chemistry of GHK-Cu enables controlled cellular delivery of bioavailable copper while simultaneously modulating gene expression patterns, making it a unique multifunctional signaling complex rather than a simple metal chelator
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The Cu refers to copper, the peptide binds a copper ion, and that copper-binding property is central to its biological function
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The human peptide GHK stimulates blood vessel and nerve outgrowth, increases collagen, elastin, and glycosaminoglycan synthesis, and supports fibroblast activity in aged skin. Pickart & Margolina, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2