Digenic Variants in Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Signaling Linked to Severe Insulin Resistance

By Derek Bagley

November 6, 2020

Variants in genes that mediate fibroblast growth factor 21 – a hormone secreted by the liver that acts to regulate the body’s response to starvation – have for the first time been linked to severe insulin resistance, according to a paper recently published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. Researchers led by Stephen Stone, […]

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