Increased lipolysis and energy expenditure in a mouse model with severely impaired glucagon secretion.

BACKGROUND:Secretion of insulin and glucagon is triggered by elevated intracellular calcium levels. Although the precise mechanism by which the calcium signal is coupled to insulin and glucagon granule exocytosis is unclear, synaptotagmin-7 has been shown to be a positive regulator of calcium-depend...

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Main Authors: Phing-How Lou, Natalia Gustavsson, Yue Wang, George K Radda, Weiping Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3203149?pdf=render