Reevaluation of Fatty Acid Receptor 1 as a Drug Target for the Stimulation of Insulin Secretion in Humans

The role of free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFAR1/GPR40) in glucose homeostasis is still incompletely understood. Small receptor agonists stimulating insulin secretion are undergoing investigation for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Surprisingly, genome-wide association studies did not discover diabet...

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Main Authors: Wagner, Robert, Kaiser, Gabriele, Gerst, Felicia, Christiansen, Elisabeth, Due-Hansen, Maria E., Grundmann, Manuel, Machicao, Fausto, Peter, Andreas, Kostenis, Evi, Ulven, Trond, Fritsche, Andreas, Häring, Hans-Ulrich, Ullrich, Susanne
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Diabetes Association 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3661642/