Autonomous sensing the insulin peptide by an olfactory G protein coupled receptor modulates glucose metabolism
J. Cheng, Z. Yang, X.-Y. Ge, M.-X. Gao, R. Meng, J.-Y. Lin, Z.-M. Tian, Y.-F. Xu, F. Yang, J.-P. Sun, X. Yu
The paper identifies Olfr109 as an olfactory receptor that detects insulin peptides in pancreatic β cells, modulating glucose metabolism and inflammation.
bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2020Physiology