Tweaking muscle metabolism prevents obesity and diabetes in mice
Date:
June 28, 2017
Source:
University of Iowa Health Care
Summary:
Mildly stressing muscle metabolism boosts levels of a beneficial hormone that prevents obesity and diabetes in mice, according to a new study. The findings show that triggering ER stress in mouse muscle cells causes them to produce and secrete significant amounts of the anti-diabetic hormone fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF21), which then has widespread beneficial effects on whole-body metabolism.
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