| Literature DB >> 30239642 |
Deborah A Goldspink1, Frank Reimann1, Fiona M Gribble1.
Abstract
Gut hormones produced by gastrointestinal enteroendocrine cells modulate key physiological processes including glucose homeostasis and food intake, making them potential therapeutic candidates to treat obesity and diabetes. Understanding the function of enteroendocrine cells and the molecular mechanisms driving hormone production is a key step toward mobilizing endogenous hormone reserves in the gut as a therapeutic strategy. In this review, we will discuss the variety of ex vivo and in vitro model systems driving this research and their contributions to our current understanding of nutrient-sensing mechanisms in enteroendocrine cells.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30239642 PMCID: PMC6215081 DOI: 10.1210/en.2018-00672
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Endocrinology ISSN: 0013-7227 Impact factor: 4.736