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The Role of Pancreatic Preproglucagon in Glucose Homeostasis in Mice.
Cell metabolism - 4 Apr 2017
Chambers Adam P, Sorrell Joyce E, Haller April, Roelofs Karen, Hutch Chelsea R, Kim Ki-Suk, Gutierrez-Aguilar Ruth, Li Bailing, Drucker Daniel J, D'Alessio David A, Seeley Randy J, Sandoval Darleen A
Abstract excerpt
Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is necessary for normal gluco-regulation, and it has been widely presumed that this function reflects the actions of GLP-1 released from enteroendocrine L cells. To test the relative importance of intestinal versus pancreatic sources of GLP-1 for physiological regulation of glucose, we administered a GLP-1R antagonist, exendin-[9-39] (Ex9), to mice with tissue-specific reactivation...
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