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The mitochondrial derived peptide humanin is a regulator of lifespan and healthspan
Humanin is a member of a new family of peptides that are encoded by short open reading frames within the mitochondrial genome. It is conserved in animals and is both neuroprotective and cytoprotective. Here we report that in C. elegans the overexpression of humanin is sufficient to increase lifespan...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Impact Journals
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7343442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32575074 http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.103534 |