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Humanin

A mitochondria-derived peptide studied in cellular stress and healthy-ageing research.

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A mitochondria-derived peptide studied in cellular stress and healthy-ageing research.

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Li CY, Zhang NN, Yang YL, Zhao SS, Xu XF, Cao PY

[Effects of cardiac rehabilitation and predictive value of Humanin/CRP ratio in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure].

pubmed
Not yet classified

Kurian GA

Mitokines as bioenergetic stress signals in cardiovascular disease: mitochondrial communication, endocrine adaptation, and translational implications.

pubmed
Not yet classified

Anderson G

Low Dose Ketamine Preconditions Astrocyte Mitochondria to Achieve Antidepressant Efficacy via Adenosine, Humanin, and Melatonin Upregulation and Efflux.

pubmed 2026
Not yet classified

Abueid L, Torun AF, Golal E, Acar N, Basrali F

S14G-humanin attenuates renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury, potentially through activation of STAT3 and ERK1/2 signalling pathways in rats.

pubmed
Not yet classified

Shaji V, Jain R, Puthumadathil N, Jana K, T S V, Kleinekathöfer U, Chattopadhyay K, Mahendran KR

A self-assembled peptide forms α-helical nanopores for ultrasensitive biomarker profiling.

pubmed
Not yet classified

Suliman ME, Rahman A, Qureshi AR, Barany P, Stenvinkel P, Kublickiene K, Lindholm B

AGEs-RAGE Axis and Mitochondrial-Derived Peptides in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: Interconnected Pathways Beyond Inflammation and Nutrition.

pubmed
Not yet classified

Ayubi N, Wibawa JC, Kurnaz M, Komaini A

Mitochondrial-derived peptides (MDPs) activated by physical exercise as therapeutic targets for metabolic disorders: A systematic review.

pubmed
Not yet classified

Shen A, Wang P, Wu B, Fu H, Zeng Y, Zhang C, Wu P, Zhang X, Zhang H, Xu H, Wang L

Dihydroquercetin alleviates mitochondrial dysfunction and inhibits NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis in primary hepatocytes from chronic liver failure patients.

pubmed 2026
Clinical trial

The goal of this observational study is to assess the clinical value of humanin in acute kidney injury. The main questions it aims to answer are:whether Humanin can be a novel marker for predicting AKI Researchers will compare humanin concentration in healthy people to see...

Clinical Value of Plasma Humanin in Acute Kidney Injury

clinicaltrials 2023
Clinical trial

This study aims to analyze the effects of physical activity in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis or conservative treatment. Patients will be randomized into two groups: combined exercise (high-intensity aerobic resistance + strength training) and control group

Analysis of Effects of High-intensity Physical Exercise in Subjects With Dialyzed Chronic Kidney Disease and in Conservative Treatment

clinicaltrials 2026
Clinical trial

The goal of this observational study is to explore the value of Humanin for early diagnosis and short-term prognosis of AKI patients after heart transplantation. The main question it aims to answer are:whether Humanin can be a novel marker for predicting AKI after heart transplantation...

Humanin's Value for Early Diagnosis and Short-term Prognosis in Patients With AKI After Heart Transplantation

clinicaltrials 2023
Clinical trial

Renal transplantation is the most effective renal replacement therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease. Ischemia-reperfusion injury may adversely affect graft function and long-term outcomes. Ferroptosis has recently emerged as a potential mechanism involved in ischemia-reperfusion injury, while the mitochondrial-derived peptides humanin and MOTS-c are...

Comparison of the Effects of General Anesthesia and Combined Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia on Ferroptosis, Humanin and MOTS-c Levels in Renal Transplantation

clinicaltrials 2026
Clinical trial

* Cerebral palsy (CP) is a motor disorder caused by an injury to the immature brain. Even though the brain damage does not change, children with CP will have progressively weaker, shorter and stiffer muscles that will lead to contractures, bony deformations, difficulty to walk...

How Are the Muscles Affected in Cerebral Palsy? A Study of Muscle Biopsies Taken During Orthopaedic Surgery.

clinicaltrials 2022
Clinical trial

Objective of the study is to clarify humanin-like peptide concentration in myocard tissue and in blood and to study if its concentration level is related to early complication occurrence and frequency after cardiac operation. Hypothesis of the study is that previously described elements are related...

Humanin Isoforms in Cardiac Muscle and Blood Plasma and Major Complications After Cardiac Operation

clinicaltrials 2018
Clinical trial

1. To investigate the circulating concentrations of phoenixin and their associations with BMI, the concentrations of sex hormones including (LH), (FSH), (E2), (P4), (TT) and steroid hormones enzyme in PCOS patients. 2. To detect the expression PNX and humanin in women with or without PCOS...

IVF Outcome in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Patients

clinicaltrials 2019
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Zhong Y, Haishaer D, Cai W, Lin L, Guo Z, Pan Y, Tang X, You W, Fu Y, Ou Q

Humanin Attenuates Inflammatory Liver Injury and NF-κB Activation During Systemic Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection.

pubmed
Not yet classified

Ramazan SB, Turan B, Turkkol A, Çalişkan ŞG, Oyur ME, Alici MH, Kolac UK

Mitochondrial Peptide SHLP2 Limits Poly(I: C)-Induced Alveolar Epithelial Injury by Modulating Redox, Apoptotic, Inflammatory, and Inflammasome Responses.

pubmed 2026
Not yet classified

Moosa A, Wang JJ, DeAngelis MM, Zhang SX

The MTRNR2L gene family and age-related macular degeneration.

pubmed 2026
Not yet classified

Zhong Y, Haishaer D, Cai W, Lin L, Guo Z, Pan Y, Tang X, You W, Fu Y, Ou Q · Pathogens

Humanin Attenuates Inflammatory Liver Injury and NF-κB Activation During Systemic Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection.

pmc 2026
Not yet classified

Moosa A, Wang JJ, DeAngelis MM, Zhang SX · Frontiers in immunology

The MTRNR2L gene family and age-related macular degeneration.

pmc 2026
Not yet classified

Anderson G · Alpha psychiatry

Low Dose Ketamine Preconditions Astrocyte Mitochondria to Achieve Antidepressant Efficacy via Adenosine, Humanin, and Melatonin Upregulation and Efflux.

pmc 2026
Not yet classified

Abueid L, Torun AF, Golal E, Acar N, Basrali F · Experimental physiology

S14G-humanin attenuates renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury, potentially through activation of STAT3 and ERK1/2 signalling pathways in rats.

pmc
Not yet classified

Suliman ME, Rahman A, Qureshi AR, Barany P, Stenvinkel P, Kublickiene K, Lindholm B · Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

AGEs-RAGE Axis and Mitochondrial-Derived Peptides in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: Interconnected Pathways Beyond Inflammation and Nutrition.

pmc
Not yet classified

Shen A, Wang P, Wu B, Fu H, Zeng Y, Zhang C, Wu P, Zhang X, Zhang H, Xu H, Wang L · American journal of translational research

Dihydroquercetin alleviates mitochondrial dysfunction and inhibits NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis in primary hepatocytes from chronic liver failure patients.

pmc 2026
Not yet classified

Horwath O, Corell L, Wan J, Hjalmarsson E, Starck J, Reitzner SM, Norrbom J, Fernandez-Gonzalo R, Kvist O, Cohen P, von Walden F, Edman S · Experimental physiology

Circulating mitochondrial-derived microproteins at rest and in response to an acute bout of endurance exercise in individuals with cerebral palsy.

pmc 2026
Not yet classified

Shahzaib M, Aprile D, Laporta G, Galderisi U, Colonna G · Biomolecules

Network Topology and Interactomic Analysis Reveal the Regulatory Framework of the Humanin Protein Family (MTRNR2Lx Class).

pmc
Not yet classified

Humanin is a 24-mer peptide first reported in the early 2000s as a new neuroprotective/cytoprotective factor rescuing neuronal cells from death induced by various Alzheimer’s disease-associated insults. Nowadays it is known that humanin belongs to the novel class of the so-called mitochondrial-derived peptides (which are...

Neuroprotective Action of Humanin and Humanin Analogues: Research Findings and Perspectives

crossref 2023
Not yet classified

Masaaki Matsuoka, Yuichi Hashimoto · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Humanin and the Receptors for Humanin

crossref 2009
Not yet classified

· PeerJ

Figure 2: Diagram of the effects of mitochondrial peptides MOTS-c and humanin.

crossref
Not yet classified

Pinchas Cohen · Defense Technical Information Center

Humanin: A Novel Therapeutic Target in Prostate Cancer

crossref 2007
Not yet classified

TSUTOMU ARAKAWA, TAKAKO NIIKURA, YOSHIKO KITA · Spandidos Publications

Inactive C8A-humanin analog is as stable as a potent S14G-humanin analog

crossref 2013
Not yet classified

Η ουμανίνη (humanin ή HN, MAPRGFSCLLLLTSEIDLPVKRRA) είναι ένα 24-πεπτίδιο που ανακαλύφθηκε το 2001 ως το προϊόν έκφρασης ενός γονιδίου με νευροπροστατευτική δράση. Συγκεκριμένα, η ΗΝ βρέθηκε να αποτρέπει in vitro το θάνατο των νευρικών κυττάρων που προκαλείται από μεταλλάξεις σχετιζόμενες με την οικογενή μορφή της...

Ανάπτυξη συνθετικών πεπτιδίων και αντισωμάτων για τη μελέτη του νευροπροστατευτικού 24 - πεπτιδίου ουμανίνη ( Humanin )

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Clinical Trial

7 records
clinicaltrialsAdmin reviewed

Comparison of the Effects of General Anesthesia and Combined Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia on Ferroptosis, Humanin and MOTS-c Levels in Renal Transplantation

Renal transplantation is the most effective renal replacement therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease. Ischemia-reperfusion injury may adversely affect graft function and long-term outcomes. Ferroptosis has recently emerged as a potential mechanism involved in ischemia-reperfusion injury, while...

NCT076780732026-06-24
clinicaltrialsAdmin reviewed

How Are the Muscles Affected in Cerebral Palsy? A Study of Muscle Biopsies Taken During Orthopaedic Surgery.

* Cerebral palsy (CP) is a motor disorder caused by an injury to the immature brain. Even though the brain damage does not change, children with CP will have progressively weaker, shorter and stiffer muscles that will lead...

NCT055062282022-07-27
clinicaltrialsAutomated import

Analysis of Effects of High-intensity Physical Exercise in Subjects With Dialyzed Chronic Kidney Disease and in Conservative Treatment

This study aims to analyze the effects of physical activity in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis or conservative treatment. Patients will be randomized into two groups: combined exercise (high-intensity aerobic resistance + strength training) and control...

NCT074380022026-02-13
clinicaltrialsAutomated import

Humanin's Value for Early Diagnosis and Short-term Prognosis in Patients With AKI After Heart Transplantation

The goal of this observational study is to explore the value of Humanin for early diagnosis and short-term prognosis of AKI patients after heart transplantation. The main question it aims to answer are:whether Humanin can be a novel...

NCT061252492023-11-05
clinicaltrialsAutomated import

Clinical Value of Plasma Humanin in Acute Kidney Injury

The goal of this observational study is to assess the clinical value of humanin in acute kidney injury. The main questions it aims to answer are:whether Humanin can be a novel marker for predicting AKI Researchers will compare...

NCT061052292023-10-07
clinicaltrialsAutomated import

IVF Outcome in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Patients

1. To investigate the circulating concentrations of phoenixin and their associations with BMI, the concentrations of sex hormones including (LH), (FSH), (E2), (P4), (TT) and steroid hormones enzyme in PCOS patients. 2. To detect the expression PNX and...

NCT041049582019-09-24
clinicaltrialsAutomated import

Humanin Isoforms in Cardiac Muscle and Blood Plasma and Major Complications After Cardiac Operation

Objective of the study is to clarify humanin-like peptide concentration in myocard tissue and in blood and to study if its concentration level is related to early complication occurrence and frequency after cardiac operation. Hypothesis of the study...

NCT034318442018-01-18

Publication

11 records
pubmedAutomated import

Mitochondrial Peptide SHLP2 Limits Poly(I: C)-Induced Alveolar Epithelial Injury by Modulating Redox, Apoptotic, Inflammatory, and Inflammasome Responses.

Ramazan SB, Turan B, Turkkol A, Çalişkan ŞG, Oyur ME, Alici MH, Kolac UK

427744872026-10-01
pubmedAutomated import

The MTRNR2L gene family and age-related macular degeneration.

Moosa A, Wang JJ, DeAngelis MM, Zhang SX

427694952026-09-27
pubmedAutomated import

Dihydroquercetin alleviates mitochondrial dysfunction and inhibits NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis in primary hepatocytes from chronic liver failure patients.

Shen A, Wang P, Wu B, Fu H, Zeng Y, Zhang C, Wu P, Zhang X, Zhang H, Xu H, Wang L

426308642026-09-17
pubmedAutomated import

Low Dose Ketamine Preconditions Astrocyte Mitochondria to Achieve Antidepressant Efficacy via Adenosine, Humanin, and Melatonin Upregulation and Efflux.

Anderson G

426948942026-08-01
pubmedAutomated import

Humanin Attenuates Inflammatory Liver Injury and NF-κB Activation During Systemic Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection.

Zhong Y, Haishaer D, Cai W, Lin L, Guo Z, Pan Y, Tang X, You W, Fu Y, Ou Q

4279673427 Sep 2026
pubmedAutomated import

[Effects of cardiac rehabilitation and predictive value of Humanin/CRP ratio in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure].

Li CY, Zhang NN, Yang YL, Zhao SS, Xu XF, Cao PY

4273613227 Sep 2026
pubmedAutomated import

Mitokines as bioenergetic stress signals in cardiovascular disease: mitochondrial communication, endocrine adaptation, and translational implications.

Kurian GA

4273484827 Sep 2026
pubmedAutomated import

S14G-humanin attenuates renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury, potentially through activation of STAT3 and ERK1/2 signalling pathways in rats.

Abueid L, Torun AF, Golal E, Acar N, Basrali F

4267273927 Sep 2026
pubmedAutomated import

A self-assembled peptide forms α-helical nanopores for ultrasensitive biomarker profiling.

Shaji V, Jain R, Puthumadathil N, Jana K, T S V, Kleinekathöfer U, Chattopadhyay K, Mahendran KR

4266565327 Sep 2026
pubmedAutomated import

AGEs-RAGE Axis and Mitochondrial-Derived Peptides in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: Interconnected Pathways Beyond Inflammation and Nutrition.

Suliman ME, Rahman A, Qureshi AR, Barany P, Stenvinkel P, Kublickiene K, Lindholm B

4265022016 Sep 2026
pubmedAutomated import

Mitochondrial-derived peptides (MDPs) activated by physical exercise as therapeutic targets for metabolic disorders: A systematic review.

Ayubi N, Wibawa JC, Kurnaz M, Komaini A

4264073516 Sep 2026

Open Access Article

8 records
pmcAutomated import

The MTRNR2L gene family and age-related macular degeneration.

Moosa A, Wang JJ, DeAngelis MM, Zhang SX · Frontiers in immunology

PMC135914262026-09-27
pmcAutomated import

Dihydroquercetin alleviates mitochondrial dysfunction and inhibits NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis in primary hepatocytes from chronic liver failure patients.

Shen A, Wang P, Wu B, Fu H, Zeng Y, Zhang C, Wu P, Zhang X, Zhang H, Xu H, Wang L · American journal of translational research

PMC134956462026-09-27
pmcAutomated import

Humanin Attenuates Inflammatory Liver Injury and NF-κB Activation During Systemic Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection.

Zhong Y, Haishaer D, Cai W, Lin L, Guo Z, Pan Y, Tang X, You W, Fu Y, Ou Q · Pathogens

PMC136103752026-09-01
pmcAutomated import

Low Dose Ketamine Preconditions Astrocyte Mitochondria to Achieve Antidepressant Efficacy via Adenosine, Humanin, and Melatonin Upregulation and Efflux.

Anderson G · Alpha psychiatry

PMC135400582026-08-01
pmcAutomated import

Circulating mitochondrial-derived microproteins at rest and in response to an acute bout of endurance exercise in individuals with cerebral palsy.

Horwath O, Corell L, Wan J, Hjalmarsson E, Starck J, Reitzner SM, Norrbom J, Fernandez-Gonzalo R, Kvist O, Cohen P, von Walden F, Edman S · Experimental physiology

PMC133941862026-08-01
pmcAutomated import

S14G-humanin attenuates renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury, potentially through activation of STAT3 and ERK1/2 signalling pathways in rats.

Abueid L, Torun AF, Golal E, Acar N, Basrali F · Experimental physiology

PMC1352925227 Sep 2026
pmcAutomated import

AGEs-RAGE Axis and Mitochondrial-Derived Peptides in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: Interconnected Pathways Beyond Inflammation and Nutrition.

Suliman ME, Rahman A, Qureshi AR, Barany P, Stenvinkel P, Kublickiene K, Lindholm B · Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

PMC1351003927 Sep 2026
pmcAutomated import

Network Topology and Interactomic Analysis Reveal the Regulatory Framework of the Humanin Protein Family (MTRNR2Lx Class).

Shahzaib M, Aprile D, Laporta G, Galderisi U, Colonna G · Biomolecules

PMC1340660927 Sep 2026

Scholarly Work

8 records
crossrefAutomated import

Neuroprotective Action of Humanin and Humanin Analogues: Research Findings and Perspectives

Humanin is a 24-mer peptide first reported in the early 2000s as a new neuroprotective/cytoprotective factor rescuing neuronal cells from death induced by various Alzheimer’s disease-associated insults. Nowadays it is known that humanin belongs to the novel class...

10.3390/biology121215342023-12-16
crossrefAutomated import

Inactive C8A-humanin analog is as stable as a potent S14G-humanin analog

TSUTOMU ARAKAWA, TAKAKO NIIKURA, YOSHIKO KITA · Spandidos Publications

10.3892/mmr.2013.17972013-11-14
crossrefAutomated import

Humanin and the Receptors for Humanin

Masaaki Matsuoka, Yuichi Hashimoto · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

10.1007/s12035-009-8090-z2009-12-09
crossrefAutomated import

Humanin: A Novel Therapeutic Target in Prostate Cancer

Pinchas Cohen · Defense Technical Information Center

10.21236/ada4676102007-01-01
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Humanin

· Wiley

10.1002/0471684228.egp059182004-07-15
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Figure 2: Diagram of the effects of mitochondrial peptides MOTS-c and humanin.

· PeerJ

10.7717/peerj.9741/fig-227 Sep 2026
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Ανάπτυξη συνθετικών πεπτιδίων και αντισωμάτων για τη μελέτη του νευροπροστατευτικού 24 - πεπτιδίου ουμανίνη ( Humanin )

Η ουμανίνη (humanin ή HN, MAPRGFSCLLLLTSEIDLPVKRRA) είναι ένα 24-πεπτίδιο που ανακαλύφθηκε το 2001 ως το προϊόν έκφρασης ενός γονιδίου με νευροπροστατευτική δράση. Συγκεκριμένα, η ΗΝ βρέθηκε να αποτρέπει in vitro το θάνατο των νευρικών κυττάρων που προκαλείται από...

10.12681/eadd/1970527 Sep 2026

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