28 Pandey DN, Singh HP, Singh C, Raj S, Tripathi H, Prakash A
This tight binding allows GHK to function as an efficient copper transporter, delivering this essential trace element directly to cells and tissues that require it for enzymatic processes involved in repair and maintenance
substantial interindividual variability in therapeutic response
The gap in the logic is the same one as with methionine: correcting a deficiency is not the same as producing weight loss in someone who is replete
While this is protective against age-related hyperfunction, it theoretically risks blunting the anabolic responses required for new synaptic formation, muscle hypertrophy, or exercise adaptation in subjects who are not already biologically aged
It also stimulates the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) through the VEGF pathway, which is how injured tissue gets the nutrients it needs to rebuild