| Literature DB >> 18836005 |
Faping Duan1, Katherine L Curtis, John C March.
Abstract
Here, we show that commensal bacteria can stimulate intestinal epithelial cells to secrete insulin in response to glucose. Commensal strains were engineered to secrete the insulinotropic proteins GLP-1 and PDX-1. Epithelia stimulated by engineered strains and glucose secreted up to 1 ng ml(-1) of insulin with no significant background secretion.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18836005 PMCID: PMC2592943 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01019-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792