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Epitalon

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StudiesKind of studyYear
Pineal-regulating tetrapeptide epitalon improves eye retina condition in retinitis pigmentosa.Neuro Endocrinol LettNo random groups2002
Epitalon and Epithalamin: A Narrative Review of Mechanistic, Preclinical, and Clinical Evidence.Int J Mol SciReview of studies2026
Synthetic Peptides in Pharmacy Compounding: Analysis of PCAC Recommendations and Industry Safety Standards.Int J Pharm CompdReview of studies2026
Therapeutic peptides in gerontology: mechanisms and applications for healthy aging.Front AgingReview of studies2026
Therapeutic Peptides in Orthopaedics: Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions.J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res RevReview of studies2026
Overview of Epitalon-Highly Bioactive Pineal Tetrapeptide with Promising Properties.Int J Mol SciReview of studies2025
[Peptidergic regulation of expression of cellular aging marker proteins in buccal epithelium.].Adv GerontolReview of studies2024
[Peptides and CCL11 and HMGB1 as molecular markers of aging: literature review and own data].Adv GerontolReview of studies2014
[Morphofunctional and molecular bases of pineal gland aging].Fiziol ChelovekaReview of studies2012
[Characteristics of the pineal gland and thymus relationship in aging].Adv GerontolReview of studies2011
[Influence of peptides from pineal gland on thymus function at aging].Adv GerontolReview of studies2010
[The influence of substances revealing geroprotective of spontaneous carcinogenesis in mice].Adv GerontolReview of studies2004
Peptides and Ageing.Neuro Endocrinol LettReview of studies2002
Epitalon-activated telomerase enhance bovine oocyte maturation rate and post-thawed embryo development.Life SciIn animals2025
Epitalon protects against post-ovulatory aging-related damage of mouse oocytes in vitro.Aging (Albany NY)In animals2022
Effects of Geroprotectors on Age-Related Changes in Proteolytic Digestive Enzyme Activities at Different Lighting Conditions.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2015
[Main mechanisms of rhabdomyolysis-caused kidney injury and their correction by organospecific peptides].BiofizikaIn animals2014
Melatonin and pineal gland peptides are able to correct the impairment of reproductive cycles in rats.Curr Aging SciIn animals2012
Molecular cellular mechanisms of peptide regulation of melatonin synthesis in pinealocyte culture.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2012
Peptidegic stimulation of differentiation of pineal immune cells.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2011
[Effect of preparations melatonin and epitalon on the age-related dynamics of thyrotrophic activity of the hypophysis and thyroid gland function in different light regimes].Adv GerontolIn animals2009
Geroprotective effect of ala-glu-asp-gly peptide in male rats exposed to different illumination regimens.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2008
Comparative analysis of the expression of c-Fos and interleukin-2 proteins in hypothalamus cells during various treatments.Neurosci Behav PhysiolIn animals2008
[The influence of melatonin and epithalon on blood leukocyte count and leukocyte alkaline phosphatase in rats under different lighting conditions during ontogenesis].Adv GerontolIn animals2008
[The influences of geroprotectors on age-related changes of antioxidant system in rats liver under different light condition].Adv GerontolIn animals2008
[Effects of epithalon and cortagene on immunity and hemostasis in neonatally hypophysectomized chicken and old birds].Adv GerontolIn animals2008
[Investigation of antihypoxic properties of short peptides].Adv GerontolIn animals2008
Effect of Ala-Glu-Asp-Gly peptide on life span and development of spontaneous tumors in female rats exposed to different illumination regimes.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2007
Effects of intranasal administration of epitalon on neuron activity in the rat neocortex.Neurosci Behav PhysiolIn animals2007
Effects of bioactive tetrapeptides on free-radical processes.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2007
[Parallel analysis of c-Fos protein and interleukin-2 expression in hypothalamic cells under different influence].Ross Fiziol Zh Im I M SechenovaIn animals2007
[The effect of pineal peptide preparations on proliferative activity in organotypic culture of the preoptic hypothalamus area].Adv GerontolIn animals2007
[Circannual rhythms of bone marrow cell composition in animals during aging: the role of pineal factors].Fiziol Zh (1994)In animals2007
[Age-related changes of exercise capacity and some biochemical indices of rat muscles under influence of different light conditions and pineal preparations].Adv GerontolIn animals2007
Antioxidant properties of geroprotective peptides of the pineal gland.Arch Gerontol GeriatrIn animals2007
[Comparative study of the effects of melatonin and epitalon on the protracted memory under the shuttle labyrinth test conditions in rats in the course of aging].Eksp Klin FarmakolIn animals2006
Production of lymphocyte-activating factors by mouse macrophages during aging and under the effect of short peptides.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2006
[Intranasal epitalon infusion modulates neuronal activity in the rat neocortex].Ross Fiziol Zh Im I M SechenovaIn animals2006
Interleukin-2 concentration in hypothalamic structures of rats receiving peptides during mild stress.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2006
Effect of the synthetic pineal peptide epitalon on spontaneous carcinogenesis in female C3H/He mice.In VivoIn animals2006
[Effect of age, different light conditions, melatonin, and epitalon on lysosomal proteinase activity in the liver and kidneys of rats].Adv GerontolIn animals2006
[Influence of light regimens, melatonin, and epitalon on amylase activity in the pancreas and small intestine in rats of different age].Adv GerontolIn animals2006
Synthesis of IL-2 mRNA in cells of rat hypothalamic structures after injection of short peptides.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2005
Fluorescent microscopic study of epithalon binding in maternal and fetal rabbit tissues in health and under conditions of placental insufficiency.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2005
[Effect of epitalon and melatonin on life span and spontaneous carcinogenesis in senescence accelerated mice (SAM)].Vopr OnkolIn animals2005
Pineal peptides restore the age-related disturbances in hormonal functions of the pineal gland and the pancreas.Exp GerontolIn animals2005
Effect of melatonin and tetrapeptide on gene expression in mouse brain.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2004
Stressors and antistressors: how do they influence life span in HER-2/neu transgenic mice?Exp GerontolIn animals2004
Peptide correction of age-related hormonal dysfunction of the pancreas in monkeys.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2004
Effects of bioactive factors of the pineal gland on thymus function and cell composition of the bone marrow and spleen in mice of different age.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2004
Elucidation of the effect of brain cortex tetrapeptide Cortagen on gene expression in mouse heart by microarray.Neuro Endocrinol LettIn animals2004
[Effect of epitalon on the immunity and hemostasis in hypophysectomized chicken and old hens].Adv GerontolIn animals2004
[The pineal gland's peptides factors and the rhythms of functions of the thymus and bone marrow in animals during aging].Adv GerontolIn animals2004
Epitalon and colon carcinogenesis in rats: proliferative activity and apoptosis in colon tumors and mucosa.Int J Mol MedIn animals2003
Effect of regulatory peptides on gene transcription.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2003
[Peptide correction of age-related pineal disturbances in monkeys].Adv GerontolIn animals2003
[Regulating effect of pineal gland peptides on development of T-lymphocytes in CBA aging mice: role of microenvironment of immune system organs and neuroendocrine factors].Adv GerontolIn animals2003
Effect of Epitalon on biomarkers of aging, life span and spontaneous tumor incidence in female Swiss-derived SHR mice.BiogerontologyIn animals2003
Effect of vilon and epithalon on activity of enzymes in epithelial and subepithelial layers in small intestine of old rats.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2002
Epitalon influences pineal secretion in stress-exposed rats in the daytime.Neuro Endocrinol LettIn animals2002
Effect of epitalon on interleukin-1beta signal transduction and the reaction of thymocyte blast transformation under stress.Neuro Endocrinol LettIn animals2002
Inhibitory effect of peptide Epitalon on colon carcinogenesis induced by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine in rats.Cancer LettIn animals2002
Inhibitory effect of the peptide epitalon on the development of spontaneous mammary tumors in HER-2/neu transgenic mice.Int J CancerIn animals2002
Epithalon decelerates aging and suppresses development of breast adenocarcinomas in transgenic her-2/neu mice.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2002
In vitro effect of short peptides on expression of interleukin-2 gene in splenocytes.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2002
Effects of short peptides on thymocyte blast transformation and signal transduction along the sphingomyelin pathway.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2002
Effect of Vilon and Epithalon on glucose and glycine absorption in various regions of small intestine in aged rats.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2002
Studies of the effects of Vilon and Epithalon on gene expression in mouse heart using DNA-microarray technology.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2002
Effects of epithalon on activities gastrointestinal enzymes in young and old rats.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2002
Effect of epithalon on the incidence of chromosome aberrations in senescence-accelerated mice.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2002
Epithalon inhibits tumor growth and expression of HER-2/neu oncogene in breast tumors in transgenic mice characterized by accelerated aging.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2002
Effect of epithalon on age-specific changes in the retina in rats with hereditary pigmentary dystrophy.Bull Exp Biol MedIn animals2002
[Functional regulation of genome with peptide bioregulators by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (by patients and relatives)].Georgian Med NewsIn a lab dish2013
[Biological activity of regulatory peptides in model experiments in vitro].Adv GerontolIn a lab dish2008
[Effect of new peptide bioregulators livagen and epitalon on enkephalin-degrading enzymes in human serum].Izv Akad Nauk Ser BiolIn a lab dish2003
Effects of peptides on proliferative activity of retinal and pigmented epithelial cells.Bull Exp Biol MedIn a lab dish2003
[Tissue-specific action of peptides in tissue culture of rats of various ages].Adv GerontolIn a lab dish2002
Tissue-specific effects of peptides.Bull Exp Biol MedIn a lab dish2001
LCP2 mediates SUV39H1-driven cellular senescence-related chemoresistance in natural killer/T-cell lymphoma.Cell Death DisOther paper2026
Epitalon increases telomere length in human cell lines through telomerase upregulation or ALT activity.BiogerontologyOther paper2025
The Antioxidant Tetrapeptide Epitalon Enhances Delayed Wound Healing in an in Vitro Model of Diabetic Retinopathy.Stem Cell Rev RepOther paper2025
EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PEPTIDE BIOREGULATORS ON THE "OLD" CHROMATIN.Georgian Med NewsOther paper2023
Peptides Regulating Proliferative Activity and Inflammatory Pathways in the Monocyte/Macrophage THP-1 Cell Line.Int J Mol SciOther paper2022
Short Peptides Protect Oral Stem Cells from Ageing.Stem Cell Rev RepOther paper2020
AEDG Peptide (Epitalon) Stimulates Gene Expression and Protein Synthesis during Neurogenesis: Possible Epigenetic Mechanism.MoleculesOther paper2020
[The influence of AEDG and KE peptides on mitochondries stain and L7A ribosomes protein expression during human pineal gland and thymus cell senescence in vitro.].Adv GerontolOther paper2020
[AEDG peptide regulates human circadian rhythms genes expression during pineal gland accelerated aging.].Adv GerontolOther paper2020
Short Exogenous Peptides Regulate Expression of CLE, KNOX1, and GRF Family Genes in Nicotiana tabacum.Biochemistry (Mosc)Other paper2017
[Genome instability in pulmonary tuberculosis before and after treatment].Georgian Med NewsOther paper2013
[Protective effect of melatonin and epithalon on hypothalamic regulation of reproduction in female rats in its premature aging model and on estrous cycles in senescent animals in various lighting regimes].Adv GerontolOther paper2013
Penetration of short fluorescence-labeled peptides into the nucleus in HeLa cells and in vitro specific interaction of the peptides with deoxyribooligonucleotides and DNA.Biochemistry (Mosc)Other paper2011
[The effect of heavy metal ions and peptide bioregulators on the expression of chromosome fragile sites in the individuals of different age groups and breast cancer patients].Georgian Med NewsOther paper2008
[Normalizing effect of the pineal gland peptides on the daily melatonin rhythm in old monkeys and elderly people].Adv GerontolOther paper2007
Anti-aging peptide bioregulators induce reactivation of chromatin.Georgian Med NewsOther paper2006
DNA double-helix binds regulatory peptides similarly to transcription factors.Neuro Endocrinol LettOther paper2005
Expression of argyrophilic proteins in the nucleolar organizer regions of human thymocytes and thymic epitheliocytes under conditions of coculturing with vilon and epithalon peptides.Bull Exp Biol MedOther paper2004
Peptide promotes overcoming of the division limit in human somatic cell.Bull Exp Biol MedOther paper2004
Effects of short peptides on lymphocyte chromatin in senile subjects.Bull Exp Biol MedOther paper2004
Peptide Epitalon activates chromatin at the old age.Neuro Endocrinol LettOther paper2003
Gateways to clinical trials.Methods Find Exp Clin PharmacolOther paper2003
Epithalon peptide induces telomerase activity and telomere elongation in human somatic cells.Bull Exp Biol MedOther paper2003
The role of pineal gland in breast cancer development.Crit Rev Oncol HematolOther paper2003
Retinoprotective effect of Epithalon in campbell rats of various ages.Bull Exp Biol MedOther paper2003

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