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cholecystokinin(CCK) Gut Hormone plays an important role in the control of blood sugar production in the liver

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Gut Hormone Could be Key to Blood Sugar
A gut hormone called cholecystokinin (CCK) plays an important role in the control of blood sugar production in the liver, according to Canadian researchers.
“We show for the first time that CCK from the gut activates receptors to regulate glucose levels. It does so via a gut-brain-liver neuronal axis,” [...]