Bone control of glucose levels

Saturday, December 26, 2009 - 00:07 in Biology & Nature

Bone cells known as osteoblasts were recently shown to have a role in controlling the biochemical reactions that generate energy via secretion of the molecule osteocalcin. Researchers have now determined that the protein FoxO1 regulates this function of osteoblasts in mice.

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