The role of mitochondria-derived peptides in cardiovascular disease: Recent updates

Mitochondria-derived peptides (MDPs) are a series of peptides encoded by mitochondrial DNA, and have similar functions to mitochondria. At present there are three types of MDPs that have been found, including Humanin, MOTS-c and SHLP1-6. They are new metabolic regulators of human body, and play a cy...

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Main Authors: Yingxi Yang, Huijuan Gao, Huan Zhou, Qi Liu, Zhongwen Qi, Ying Zhang, Junping Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332219315781