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VIP, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide · What it helps
Lungs and breathing
VIP relaxes the airways and the lung's blood vessels. It protects lung tissue from inflammatory damage. Breathlessness on effort and lung vessel pressure ease when it is restored. It is one of the lung's own protectors.
Sources
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- VIP and PACAP receptor biology (Indexed receptor and origin sections · checked 2026-10-13)