# A pro-diabetogenic mtDNA polymorphism in the mitochondrial-derived peptide, MOTS-c.

> PubMed lists PMID 33468709 in Aging as Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, with publication-date metadata of 2021-01-19 (day precision). PeptideScanner associated the retained record with the identity slug mots-c. These fields reproduce attributed bibliographic metadata and do not summarize or endorse the article's findings.

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- Evidence domain: Literature metadata
- Date in source: 2025-10-01
- Source checked: 2026-07-30
- Published by PeptideScanner: 2026-08-13
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### Headline

A pro-diabetogenic mtDNA polymorphism in the mitochondrial-derived peptide, MOTS-c. ([`pubmed-observation-pmid-33468709-2025-10-01-2730295d9fca`](#source-pubmed-observation-pmid-33468709-2025-10-01-2730295d9fca))

### Summary

PubMed lists PMID 33468709 in Aging as Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, with publication-date metadata of 2021-01-19 (day precision). PeptideScanner associated the retained record with the identity slug mots-c. These fields reproduce attributed bibliographic metadata and do not summarize or endorse the article's findings. ([`pubmed-observation-pmid-33468709-2025-10-01-2730295d9fca`](#source-pubmed-observation-pmid-33468709-2025-10-01-2730295d9fca))

### Paragraph 1

PubMed lists PMID 33468709 in Aging as Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, with publication-date metadata of 2021-01-19 (day precision). PeptideScanner associated the retained record with the identity slug mots-c. These fields reproduce attributed bibliographic metadata and do not summarize or endorse the article's findings. ([`pubmed-observation-pmid-33468709-2025-10-01-2730295d9fca`](#source-pubmed-observation-pmid-33468709-2025-10-01-2730295d9fca))

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