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Neurocognitive Research
P21 is a small synthetic peptide mimetic built from ciliary neurotrophic factor, or CNTF. Papers also call it P021 or Peptide 021. It was designed in Khalid Iqbal's lab at the New York State Institute for Basic Research. We supply P-21 as a 10MG lyophilized vial.
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Each batch is analyzed by ILS Laboratories, an independent ISO/IEC 17025 accredited lab, before release. Below is the report for lot P201, summarized from the certificate the lab published.
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Not for human, veterinary, or food use. This product is sold exclusively for laboratory research purposes. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, and has not been evaluated by the FDA.
All referenced publications and registries are sourced from peer-reviewed journals and official registries. They are provided for educational reference only and are not product claims.
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Lyophilized research material
P21 is a small synthetic peptide mimetic built from ciliary neurotrophic factor, or CNTF. Papers also call it P021 or Peptide 021. It was designed in Khalid Iqbal's lab at the New York State Institute for Basic Research. We supply P-21 as a 10MG lyophilized vial.
Our store lists it as P21 (BDNF), but P21 is not BDNF. BDNF is a much larger natural protein. P21 is studied for its effect on BDNF expression in rodent brain.
| Compound | P-21, listed as P21 (BDNF). |
|---|---|
| Strength | 10MG. |
| Format | Lyophilized peptide research vial. |
| Research area | Neurotrophic and CNS pathway research. |
The first paper wrote P21 as Ac-DGGLAG-NH2 (Li et al., 2010). Its four amino acids, Asp-Gly-Gly-Leu, come from human CNTF. An adamantylated glycine sits at the end. Its developers propose that it acts by blocking leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) signaling and raising BDNF expression (Kazim and Iqbal, 2016).
All published P021 work is in mice, rats and cell cultures. Every P021 study in PubMed lists Iqbal as an author, so outside replication is thin.
That 2010 study in normal adult mice reported more new neurons in the dentate gyrus, and more of them maturing. A 2014 study in rats aged 22 to 24 months reported higher BDNF expression (Bolognin et al., 2014). In 3xTg-AD mice, a 2014 study reported less abnormal tau hyperphosphorylation and lower soluble amyloid beta (Kazim et al., 2014). A 2024 study in Cdkl5 knockout mice found no rise in brain BDNF (Mottolese et al., 2024).
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