How β cells can smell insulin fragments
(2022)
Journal Article
Ardestani, A., & Maedler, K. (2022). How β cells can smell insulin fragments. Cell Metabolism, 34(2), 189-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2022.01.003
In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Cheng et al. identify olfactory receptor Olfr109 in β cells with increased expression in islets from mouse models of obesity and type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Binding of a small insulin fragment to Olfr109 fosters isle... Read More about How β cells can smell insulin fragments.