Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Sustained elevation of MG53 in the bloodstream increases tissue regenerative capacity without compromising metabolic function

  • Zehua Bian,
  • Qiang Wang,
  • Xinyu Zhou,
  • Tao Tan,
  • Ki Ho Park,
  • H. Fritz Kramer,
  • Alan McDougal,
  • Nicholas J. Laping,
  • Sanjay Kumar,
  • T. M. Ayodele Adesanya,
  • Matthew Sermersheim,
  • Frank Yi,
  • Xinxin Wang,
  • Junwei Wu,
  • Kristyn Gumpper,
  • Qiwei Jiang,
  • Duofen He,
  • Pei-Hui Lin,
  • Haichang Li,
  • Fangxia Guan,
  • Jingsong Zhou,
  • Mark J. Kohr,
  • Chunyu Zeng,
  • Hua Zhu,
  • Jianjie Ma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12483-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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MG53 is a protein that regulates the cell membrane repair process, and it’s been suggested that it might play a role in diabetes. Here, the authors demonstrate that circulating MG53 functions as a myokine to facilitate tissue injury-repair and regeneration without impacting glucose handling.