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Lungs & airways: peptides in published research

Sources checked 2026-10-07 · 4 compounds · 5 cited studies

Scope: Lung tissue and airways. Each entry names the model and the tissue that a published study looked at, with the citation. It describes what was studied, not what was found, and a listing here is not a claim that a compound does anything in that organ.

FOXO4-DRI

Also listed under: Heart & blood vessels, Kidney & urinary tract, Skin, Bone & cartilage, Reproductive organs & breast

GHK-Cu

  • Animal Mice exposed to cigarette smoke for 12 weeks (emphysema model). Published 2022 · PubMed PMID 35936787 ↗
  • Animal Mouse silicosis model; lung inflammation and fibrosis, plus a macrophage cell line. Published 2024 · PubMed PMID 38879894 ↗

Also listed under: Brain & nervous system, Skin, Muscle & tendon

Klotho (α-Klotho)

  • Cell culture & animal Klotho-overexpressing transgenic and wild-type mice (2 and 6 months old) exposed to 95% oxygen for 72 hours (acute lung injury model); lung histology and lavage fluid, plus A549 lung epithelial cells exposed to cigarette smoke. Published 2021 · PubMed PMID 34346778 ↗

Also listed under: Brain & nervous system, Heart & blood vessels, Kidney & urinary tract, Muscle & tendon, Bone & cartilage, Eye

TB-500 (thymosin beta-4)

  • Animal Mice given bleomycin; lung fluid and collagen content and bronchoalveolar lavage. Published 2013 · PubMed PMID 23320620 ↗

Also listed under: Brain & nervous system, Heart & blood vessels, Liver, Skin, Bone & cartilage, Eye

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