A glucokinase-linked sensor in the taste system contributes to glucose appetite

• Main Authors: Sandrine Chometton (Author), A-Hyun Jung (Author), Lilly Mai (Author), Taylor Dal Bon (Author), Alexa Osorio Ramirez (Author), David W. Pittman (Author), Lindsey A. Schier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: Dietary glucose is a robust elicitor of central reward responses and ingestion, but the key peripheral sensors triggering these orexigenic mechanisms are not entirely known. The objective of this study was to determine whether glucokinase, a phosphorylating enzyme with known glucosensory...