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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The study, which was published in Cell Metabolism on January 4, 2022, shows that a hormone called FGF1 regulates blood glucose by inhibiting fat breakdown (lipolysis). Like insulin, FGF1 controls blood glucose by inhibiting lipolysis, but the two hormones do so in different ways. Importantly, this difference could enable FGF1 to be used to safely and successfully lower blood glucose in people who suffer from insulin resistance.
New route for regulating blood sugar levels independent of insulin
Insulin, produced in the pancreas, has been considered the primary means of treating conditions characterized by high blood sugar (glucose), such as diabetes. Scientists have now discovered a second molecule, produced in fat tissue, that, like insulin, also potently and rapidly regulates blood...
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