Research has shown that dopamine (DA) plays a key role in how the body regulates the production of insulin. Typically, insulin is secreted by beta-cells in the pancreas in response to glucose—a ...

Diabetes is a lifelong, chronic health condition caused by abnormalities in the body’s production and use of the hormone insulin. Research has shown that the feel-good hormone, dopamine (DA), plays a ...

Researchers elucidate how BHLHE40, a transcriptional repressor activated in pancreatic β-cells as a response to hypoxia, inhibits the expression of the MAFA protein, thereby leading to impaired ...

Tirzepatide, a drug approved for diabetes and on the fast track for approval as a weight loss therapy, works through a unique ability to activate two different mechanisms the body uses to control ...

How does the body regulate the activity of insulin-producing cells in order to react quickly to changing conditions? Researchers have investigated this question. The hormone insulin plays a central ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Fatty pancreas is associated with insulin resistance and increased insulin secretion cross-sectionally in ...

Researchers describe a key player in the defense mechanism that safeguards against excessive insulin in the body, which can be as harmful as too little. Just over a century has passed since the ...