{"id":85397,"date":"2019-11-25T16:44:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T11:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=11894"},"modified":"2019-11-25T16:44:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T11:14:26","slug":"scientists-identify-a-protein-increases-action-of-insulin-helps-regulate-blood-sugar-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scientists-identify-a-protein-increases-action-of-insulin-helps-regulate-blood-sugar-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists identify a protein increases action of insulin, helps regulate blood sugar levels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently,Scientists have identified a protein called secretagon(SCGN) that can help regulate blood sugar levels in the body.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Secretagon(SCGN):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Secretagon is a protein that in humans is encoded by SCGN gene.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The encoded protein is secreted calcium-binding protein which is found in cytoplasm.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What were the findings?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Scientists have found that SCGN has a functional insulin-binding protein with therapeutic potential against diabetes.&nbsp;<\/li><li>They show that SCGN binds to insulin and protects it from various stresses, increases its stability as well as adds to its action.<\/li><li>They have also shown that injection of SCGN (found at lower levels in diabetic patients) in obese diabetic mice clears excess insulin from circulation and reduces fat mass.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Significance of the findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The findings are significant as various kinds of cellular stresses can result in loss of structure and function of insulin, ultimately leading to diabetes.<\/li><li>Hence,these findings would soon become a diagnostic marker and one should check its potential in diabetes management.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Diabetes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Diabetes is a chronic disease caused when either the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the cells in the body do not respond properly to insulin.<\/li><li>It is a non-communicable disease-non-infectious and non-transmissible one.<\/li><li>There are three types of diabetes (a)Type 1 when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin (b)Type 2 -cells in the body do not respond to insulin properly and (c)Gestational Diabetes \u2013 formed during pregnancy.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Recently,Scientists have identified a protein called secretagon(SCGN) that can help regulate blood sugar levels in the body. Facts: About Secretagon(SCGN): Secretagon is a protein that in humans is encoded by SCGN gene.&nbsp; The encoded protein is secreted calcium-binding protein which is found in cytoplasm. What were the findings? Scientists have found that SCGN has a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scientists-identify-a-protein-increases-action-of-insulin-helps-regulate-blood-sugar-levels\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scientists identify a protein increases action of insulin, helps regulate blood sugar levels<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[1961,2741,2742],"class_list":["post-85397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-diabetes","tag-protein","tag-secretagon","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700806497,"cached_date":1704938306},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}