Bitter taste cells in the ventricular walls of the murine brain regulate glucose homeostasis

Bitter taste cells in the ventricular walls of the murine brain regulate glucose homeostasis

The median eminence (ME) at the base of the brain controls body homeostasis. Here, the authors describe a functional tanycyte subpopulation at the ME which tastes the surrounding milieu, responds to metabolic signals and regulates glucose homeostasis.

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Main Authors: Qiang Yu, Igor Gamayun, Philipp Wartenberg, Qian Zhang, Sen Qiao, Soumya Kusumakshi, Sarah Candlish, Viktoria Götz, Shuping Wen, Debajyoti Das, Amanda Wyatt, Vanessa Wahl, Fabien Ectors, Kathrin Kattler, Daniela Yildiz, Vincent Prevot, Markus Schwaninger, Gaetan Ternier, Paolo Giacobini, Philippe Ciofi, Timo D. Müller, Ulrich Boehm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37099-3

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37099-3

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