TRPV1 neurons regulate β-cell function in a sex-dependent manner

• Main Authors: Joey Bou Karam (Author), Weikang Cai (Author), Rowaida Mohamed (Author), Tianwen Huang (Author), Lingqiong Meng (Author), Erica Paige Homan (Author), Ercument Dirice (Author), C. Ronald Kahn (Author), Abdelfattah El Ouaamari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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There is emerging evidence to support an important role for the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) sensory innervation in glucose homeostasis. However, it remains unknown whether the glucoregulatory action of these afferent neurons is sex-biased and whether it is pancreatic β-cell...