Molecular Link between Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Reveals Potential Therapy
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
The inflammatory molecule LTB4 promotes insulin resistance, a first step in developing type 2 diabetes, researchers have discovered. What's more, the team found that genetically removing the cell receptor that responds to LTB4, or blocking it with a drug, improves insulin sensitivity in obese mice.