In an examination of the release of adiponectin promoted by CD36 ligands during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion, [Ala1, azaPhe4]-GHRP-6 (15) was found to exert cardioprotective effects against myocardial damage and dysfunction following transient left coronary artery ligation in mice [60]. This evidence concerns the gene CD36 and myocardial ischemia.