The Gut Microbiome’s Influence on Incretins and Impact on Blood Glucose Control
Ajay S Dulai, Mildred Min, Raja K Sivamani, Farhad Vahid · 2024
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Ajay Dulai and co-authors published a 2024 review of how gut microbes shape the grip of the body on blood sugar, through a set of gut signals called incretins. Obesity and the main diabetes, type 2, are on the rise. A disturbed gut mix is tied to both. Drugs that ride the incretin path help with diabetes. How the microbes tune that path was the question.
Some microbes, the team shows, can trigger the lead signal of the path themselves, which trims high blood sugar. Products that feed, seed, or come from microbes may help blood sugar control as well. The review is plain about the gap: most evidence is not from human trials yet. More such work is called for, to prove the benefit and weigh the long-term story.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ajay S Dulai, Mildred Min, Raja K Sivamani, Farhad Vahid |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |