Compound overview
GHK-Cu: a copper tripeptide research overview
GHK-Cu is a naturally occurring copper-binding tripeptide. Its concentration in human plasma declines with age, which has made it a long-standing subject of dermal and extracellular-matrix research.
Copper coordination
The tripeptide binds a copper ion, and this copper complex is the form studied in most of the literature.
Dermal and structural-protein research
GHK-Cu is studied in dermal fibroblast models in connection with structural proteins, and is widely referenced across extracellular-matrix research.
Gene-expression studies
It is reported to modulate the expression of a large number of human genes in dermal tissue, and appears in cell-signalling and inflammatory-pathway research.
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