Ko te C-peptide, e mōhiotia ana ko te peptide hono, he waikawa amino nui i roto i te hanga insulin. Ka tukuna e te repe taiaki me te insulin, ā, he tohu matua mō te aromatawai i te mahi a te repe taiaki. Ahakoa te insulin e whakahaere ana i ngā taumata huka toto, he rerekē te mahi a te C-peptide, ā, he mea nui ki te mārama ki ngā momo mate hauora, inā koa te mate huka. Mā te ine i ngā taumata C-peptide, ka taea e ngā kaiwhakarato hauora te wehewehe i waenga i te mate huka momo 1 me te mate huka momo 2, te ārahi i ngā whakatau maimoatanga, me te aroturuki i te whai huatanga o te maimoatanga.

He mea nui te ine i ngā taumata C-peptide hei tātaritanga me te whakahaere i te mate huka. Ko te hunga mate huka momo 1 he iti, he kore rānei e kitea ngā taumata o te insulin me te C-peptide nā te whakaekenga a te pūnaha ārai mate ki ngā pūtau beta e whakaputa ana i te insulin. I tētahi atu taha, ko te hunga mate huka momo 2 he taumata C-peptide noa, he teitei rānei nā te mea ka whakaputa te tinana i te insulin engari he ātete ki ōna pānga. Mā te aroturuki i ngā taumata C-peptide i roto i ngā tūroro, pērā i te hunga e whakawhitihia ana ngā pūtau moutere, ka taea te whakarato i ngā māramatanga whai hua ki te angitu o ngā tikanga hauora.

Kua tūhuratia hoki e ngā rangahau ngā pānga tiaki pea o te C-peptide ki ngā kiko rerekē. E kī ana ētahi rangahau he āhuatanga ārai-mumura pea tō te C-peptide hei āwhina i te whakaiti i ngā raruraru e pā ana ki te mate huka, pērā i te kino o ngā io me te whatukuhu. Ahakoa kāore te C-peptide e pā tika ki ngā taumata huka toto, he tohu nui tēnei mō te whakahaere i te mate huka me te whakarite i ngā mahere maimoatanga ki ngā hiahia takitahi. Ki te hiahia koe ki te ruku hohonu ki te mārama ki te mate huka, me whai tonu i ngāngā purongo pakihie pā ana ki te hauora me ngā whanaketanga hauora ka taea te whakarato i ngā māramatanga whai hua mō ngā tohunga me ngā tūroro.