Mitochondrial-encoded peptide MOTS-c prevents pancreatic islet cell senescence to delay diabetes

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Mitochondria are crucial for cell survival and function, partly through peptides encoded by the mitochondrial genome. Although mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of age-related diseases and senescence, the role of mitochondrial-genome-encoded peptides in pancreatic β-cell senescence during type 1 and type 2 diabetes pathogenesis is largely unexplored. Here we show that MOTS-c levels decrease with aging and...

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