Findings suggest targeting neuro-immune pathway could lead to strategies for managing diabetes, obesity or some types of ...

Within islets, beta cells secrete insulin, and alpha cells secrete glucagon. Scientists have identified three additional cell types in islets, including cells that secrete the hormones ...

New study shows that the gene G6PC2 plays an important role in regulating glucagon, a hormone that raises blood sugar levels.

Israeli and American researchers uncovered the role of a specific enzyme in managing blood sugar levels in a study that opens up new therapeutic possibilities for people with type 2 diabetes. Type 2 ...

A new study has uncovered a critical role for the enzyme Glucose-6-phosphatase 2 (G6PC2) in regulating blood sugar levels.

However, in people with diabetes, the pancreas does not secrete insulin, or the cells are not sensitive to its effects. The ...