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Peptides are short chains of amino acids that scientists use to study how cells signal and communicate. We organize our materials and our library by the area of science they are studied in, so researchers can find the published literature behind them.
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Receptor-agonist peptides used to study incretin and glucagon pathways in cell and animal models.
Plain-language research focus: How cells respond to the hormone signals that tell the body how to handle sugar and energy.
Scientific question being researched: How do cells and tissues regulate energy storage and use, and how do receptor signals control that?
Short neuropeptides studied in models of neural signaling and cognition.
Plain-language research focus: How nerve cells talk to each other using small protein messengers.
Scientific question being researched: How do small signaling peptides change communication between neurons in models?
Copper-binding peptides studied in extracellular matrix and collagen models.
Plain-language research focus: How cells build and maintain the scaffolding between them, including collagen.
Scientific question being researched: How do cells in culture make and remodel the matrix around them, and what role does copper play?
Releasing-hormone analogues studied in models of endocrine signaling.
Plain-language research focus: How the brain and glands send hormone signals back and forth.
Scientific question being researched: How is the hormone signal between the brain and glands regulated, and how does it shift over time?
Mitochondria-derived peptides studied in models of cellular energy metabolism.
Plain-language research focus: How the "power plants" inside cells make and manage energy.
Scientific question being researched: How do mitochondria signal to the rest of the cell, and how does that change with age in models?
Supporting reagents such as NAD+ and bacteriostatic water for laboratory preparation.
Plain-language research focus: Everyday lab supplies: molecules cells use to run reactions, and sterile water for preparing samples.
Scientific question being researched: What cell-level reactions depend on these molecules, and how are samples prepared consistently?
Peptides studied in models of cell movement and new blood vessel formation.
Plain-language research focus: How cells move around and how new blood vessels form in the lab.
Scientific question being researched: What controls how cells move, and how do tissues build new blood supply?
Peptides studied in models of hormone-axis signaling, including differences between male and female biology.
Plain-language research focus: Why the same biological signal can work differently in male and female cells and animal models.
Scientific question being researched: Why do male and female systems respond differently to the same signal?
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