Animal Study Shows How Gut Hormone Receptor May Prevent Obesity

Researchers have learned how a hormone in the gut slows the rate at which the stomach empties, thus suppressing hunger and food intake. Results of the animal study were presented during The Endocrine Society’s 94th Annual Meeting.

“The gut hormone glucagon-like peptide 2, or GLP-2, functions as a neurotransmitter and fine-tunes gastric emptying through — as suspected — its receptor action in the brain,” explains lead investigator Xinfu Guan, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics and medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. For more information, click here to read the full release.