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Insulin secretion: fatty acid signalling via serpentine receptors
1Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrated Cell Signalling and Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK. g.a.rutter@bris.ac.uk
Current Biology : CB
|May 16, 2003
Abstract:
Insulin secretion is thought principally to be regulated by blood glucose concentration. Three recent studies emphasise the additional importance of fatty acids as regulators of insulin secretion, and demonstrate the involvement of a novel G protein-coupled receptor.