This is great info, thanks everyone. I always wondered more about glucagons' contribution to the system. Yes agreed article is confusing, but really interesting. If anyone can find that actual journal please send would love to see it. Wish I had access to the college library still, miss that.
So, I still haven't been able to access the article, but while looking for it, I saw that this article (titled: Glucagon Receptor Knockout Prevents Insulin-Deficient Type 1 Diabetes in Mice) will be in the same issue of Diabetes. http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/60/2/391
They're about the same study, but the point is that I was unable to access this one too! Maybe there's a slight delay between the journal issue being published and my library's databases getting online access, but I'll keep checking and I'll definitely post the text here if I can, or send PDF copies to whoever wants one. :)
Molly
So, from what I read taking glucagon out of the equation might take care of an insulin deficiency? My question is, doesn't food still have to be digested in some way?
I'm fairly in the dark in this respect, so if someone could enlighten me it would be appreciated.
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So, from what I read taking glucagon out of the equation might take care of an insulin deficiency? My question is, doesn't food still have to be digested in some way?
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That's pretty much everyone's question now. And we're totally left in the dark with this article.