Hormones regulating blood glucose and food intake

Name of applicant

Jens Juul Holst

Title

Professor

Institution

University of Copenhagen

Amount

DKK 792,760

Year

2023

Type of grant

Research Infrastructure

Summary

Glucagon regulates liver metabolism of glucose, lipids and amino acids, but how do these metabolites regulate glucagon secretion? Gut hormones (in particular GLP-1) regulate food intake and insulin secretion, but how is the secretion of the gut hormones regulated? These are our research questions which we try to answer measuring these hormones using live preparations of gut and pancreas.

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