In rat wound healing studies, collagen synthesis increased 9-fold with peptide-incorporated collagen dressings
Precautions include avoiding use in those with cobalt allergy
Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 signaling facilitates gastric ulcer healing and angiogenesis through the upregulation of epidermal growth factor expression on VEGFR1+ CXCR4+ cells recruited from bone marrow
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Vairetti M, Di Pasqua LG, Cagna M, Richelmi P, Ferrigno A, Berardo C
Upon tissue injury, it is released from collagen and other matrix proteins, where it arises as a fragment of the alpha-2 chain of type I collagen (Pickart et al., 2018)