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ARA-290

ARA-290, also called cibinetide, is an 11-amino-acid peptide derived from the three-dimensional structure of erythropoietin. It was designed to study tissue-protective signalling without stimulating red-blood-cell production.

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ARA-290 is currently being evaluated through customer voting and is not available to order. Final product specifications and batch documentation will be published only if it joins the catalogue.

Catalogue statusVoting candidate
CategoryRecovery Research
Research focusInnate-repair receptor research
Ballot allowanceOne vote
Research guide

Understanding ARA-290

Explore the science, research focus, and key information behind this compound.

What is ARA-290?

ARA-290 is useful when researchers want an EPO-derived peptide without making full-length EPO the centre of the model.

What Researchers Study

Researchers examine Innate-repair receptor research, Inflammatory signalling, and Tissue-response models.

How ARA-290 Works

Cibinetide is proposed to activate an innate-repair receptor complex involving EPOR and CD131, rather than the classical EPO receptor arrangement that drives erythropoiesis. In plain language, it tries to separate EPO’s repair-related signals from its red-cell signal.

Research at a Glance

Small trials reported signals in neuropathy models. Phase 2 studies in sarcoidosis-associated small-fibre neuropathy reported changes in selected symptoms and nerve measures. Sample size, endpoints, and replication limit broad conclusions. Repair signalling is proposed to be non-erythropoietic. The central design goal is to avoid red-cell production while retaining tissue-response activity. Blood indices remain useful controls when testing that claim. EPO evidence does not automatically transfer. Cibinetide is a short structural mimic with a proposed receptor distinction. Approved epoetin outcomes and dosing are not evidence for ARA-290.

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Research-use statement

If this candidate is added to the catalogue, it would be offered for controlled laboratory research only. It is not for human consumption and is not represented as a medicine, treatment, supplement, or substitute for an approved product.