The hormone insulin plays a central role in the metabolism of many living organisms. When food is plentiful, insulin promotes ...

JMU scientists studied insulin-producing cells in fruit flies, finding that secretion is influenced by gut hormones, ...

“We know that there are a lot of peptides and hormones in the gut that are released and their primary role is to affect physiology and behavior,” said Meet Zandawala, a Drosophila neuroendocrinologist ...

Humans produce insulin in their pancreas. In the fruit fly Drosophila, however, the hormone is produced by nerve cells located on the brain. These cells release the insulin directly into the ...

For experiments investigating post-transcriptional regulation, I use the Drosophila insulin-like receptor pathway and the cellular response to insulin. Transcriptional control of gene expression The ...

More information: Jiangtian Chen et al, Gut-to-brain regulation of Drosophila aging through neuropeptide F, insulin, and ...

Thus, neuronal insulin-like signaling appears to be a key regulator of various essential functions in C. elegans, and the metabolic and reproductive defects induced by whole-body deletion of DAF-2 ...

The hormone adrenomedullin disrupts insulin signaling in blood vessel cells, contributing to systemic insulin resistance in obesity-associated type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Blocking ...

released by regenerating limbs and hepatic insulin signaling pathways are key to help adapting lipid metabolism to meet the needs of cell proliferation. "Interestingly, injured Drosophila increase ...

How does the body regulate the activity of insulin-producing cells in order to react quickly to changing conditions? Researchers at the University of Würzburg have investigated this question.

and the previous discussion highlighting cross talk between leptin and insulin signaling pathways emphasizes the feasibility of this possibility.