Discovery of a bacterial peptide as a modulator of GLP-1 and metabolic disease
C. Tomaro-Duchesneau, S. L. LeValley, D. Röth, L. Sun, F. T. Horrigan, M. Kalkum, J. M. Hyser, R. A. Britton
The paper identifies a bacterial peptide, GspA from Staphylococcus epidermidis, that stimulates GLP-1 secretion and reduces obesity and T2DM markers in mice.
bioRxiv · Jul 29, 2018Microbiology