A homeostatic gut-to-brain insulin antagonist restrains neuronally stimulated fat loss
C.-C. Liu, A. Khan, N. Seban, N. Littlejohn, S. Srinivasan
The paper identifies INS-7, an ancestral insulin superfamily peptide in C. elegans, as a gut-to-brain signal that counteracts neuronally driven fat loss during fasting.
bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2023 · PreprintPhysiology