Recent research has discovered the molecular switch for the secretion of insulin, blood sugar regulating hormone.
Johns Hopkins researchers state that the work solves an age old mystery and could lead to improved treatments for type 2 diabetes, the most common kind of diabetes .
Prior to this discovery, how precisely the insulin-producing beta cells in the islet of Langerhans of the pancreas fail in type 2 diabetes was not understood at all.
Hence, it was extremely difficult to devise therapies for treatment.
After a meal, the pancreas produces insulin to transfer glucose from the blood into cells for energy. Type 2 diabetics do not secrete adequate insulin or are resistant to the effects of insulin .
The study explored exactly how the pancreas releases insulin.
It is now known that Snapin is the switch which releases insulin from the pancreas.
Diabetics to Benefit form Switch that Releases Insulin
Wed, 16 Mar 2011
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