A SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE CONTAINING BONE FORMING PEPTIDE 1(BFP 1) FOR STIMULATING OSTEOBLAST DIFFERENTIATION, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE

摘要

Disclosed herein is an osteogenic synthetic peptide,derived from bone morphogenetic protein-7, consisting of asequence of 15 amino acid residues (BFP 1). Provided arealso a pharmaceutical composition and a medium compositioncomprising the same.Having remarkable activity related to promotingosteoblast differentiation, the osteogenic syntheticpeptide is very useful in the treatment of osteoporosis,bone defects and/or osteoarthritis.