An innovative organoid model mirrors the pancreas' complexity, generating all three key cell types to explore development and ...
The liver and pancreas are the main actors in glucose metabolism, but not the only ones. Muscles, adipose tissue and the brain play different roles. However, the prize for the best new actor in ...
The intestine acts as a vital barrier ... The gut is also home to endocrine cells, which secrete many hormones that regulate bodily functions. These enteroendocrine cells (EECs, endocrine cells ...
Insulin lowers blood glucose by promoting its uptake into cells ... the small intestine, translating energy body states into peripheral immune functions that promote adequate endocrine responses ...
“But our data kept telling us that everything of importance was happening between the intestine and the pancreas”. Using advanced cell-tagging methods, the team labelled ILC2 cells in the ...
Discover studies that have shown that psoriasis patients exhibit elevated intestinal permeability, correlating with ...
The incretin hormones glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) are peptides secreted from endocrine cells in the small intestine, and are responsible ...