Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a potent regulator of sensitivity to insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar levels .
The new findings may help scientists find better treatments for type 2 diabetes obesity and other health problems caused by the body's inability to properly regulate blood sugar.
Fat and muscle cells in type 2 diabetics become resistant to insulin, which usually causes them to take in glucose from the blood.
The protein the researchers studied, known as TBC1D3, keeps the insulin pathway open in order that the cells can continue to take up glucose. TBC1D3 is just found in humans and specific other primates.
Protein Plays a Role in Diabetes
Thu, 16 Feb 2012
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