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Gut insulin from Foxo1 loss

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Neuroendocrine cells, including those in the gut, have a vast array of functions. A new study shows that conditional inactivation of the gene encoding Foxo1 in mouse intestinal endocrine cells converts them into cells synthesizing and secreting insulin. Ectopic gut insulin production was sufficient to ameliorate glucose control in mice with conditional pancreatic β-cell loss and diabetes mellitus.

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Figure 1: Foxo1 regulation of enteroendocrine cell fate.

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  1. Seung K. Kim is at the Departments of Developmental Biology and Medicine, Oncology Division, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.,

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Kim, S. Gut insulin from Foxo1 loss. Nat Genet 44, 363–364 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2226

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