BBC News - Fat 'disrupts sugar sensors causing type 2 diabetes': "Fat and sugar
Sugar in the blood is monitored by pancreatic beta cells. If sugar levels are too high then the cells release the hormone insulin, which tells the body to bring the levels back down.
Key to this is the enzyme GnT-4a. It allows the cells to absorb glucose and therefore know how much is in the blood.
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The identification of the molecular players in this pathway to diabetes suggests new therapeutic targets and approaches towards developing an effective preventative or perhaps curative treatment”
Dr Jamey Marth
Lead researcher
Researchers at the University of California and the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute say they have shown how fat disrupts the enzyme's production.
Experiments on mice showed that those on a high-fat diet had elevated levels of free fatty acids in the blood."
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