Muscle histidine-containing dipeptides are elevated by glucose intolerance in both rodents and men
- Stegen, Sanne
- Everaert, Inge
- Deldicque, Louise
- Vallova, Silvia
- de Courten, Barbora
- Ukropcova, Barbara
- Ukropec, Jozef
- Derave, Wim
Publication date
January 2015
DOI Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS) ISSN
1932-6203 Citation count (estimate)
11Abstract
Muscle carnosine and its methylated form anserine are histidine-containing dipeptides. Both dipeptides have the ability to quench reactive carbonyl species and previous studies have shown that endogenous tissue levels are decreased in chronic diseases, such as diabetes
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