A gatekeeper against insulin resistance in the brain
Friday, August 21, 2020 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
The brain plays a major role in controlling our blood glucose levels. In type 2 diabetes this glucose metabolism brain control is often dysfunctional. A group of scientists has now shown that in men a genetic variant of the gene DUSP8 can increase the risk for T2D by impairing our brain response to the hormone insulin.