What does MOTS-c do?
MOTS-c is a peptide made by mitochondria (the power plants inside cells), and there is real research on it in people. A common gene variant affecting it is found in East Asian people. Its blood levels have been measured across ages and diseases. And it has been shown to respond to exercise. A first careful study that gives it to people is now signing people up. None of the existing evidence shows a benefit from giving it to someone as a drug. That is a different question, and the new study is built to test it.
Studies in people from the compound pages this answer belongs to
- MOTS-c
- A pro-diabetogenic mtDNA polymorphism in the mitochondrial-derived peptide, MOTS-c 2021 PMID 33468709
- Increased expression of the mitochondrial derived peptide, MOTS-c, in skeletal muscle of healthy aging men is associated with myofiber composition 2020 PMID 32182209
- Downregulation of circulating MOTS-c levels in patients with coronary endothelial dysfunction 2018 PMID 29242099
Educational use only. This database summarizes published research and is not medical advice. Where a dose appears it is a record of what a trial or clinic ran, or what people describe doing, with its source attached. Nothing here is a recommendation for personal use.
Part of immune and longevity peptides. Thymosin alpha-1, thymalin, epitalon, MOTS-c, humanin, and the bioregulator family.