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2007 in review
Nature Medicine 13, 1401 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nm1207-1401
Notable advances
Abstract
Some of the key papers published in 2007
Bone is often the target of hormones, but it also acts as an endocrine organ, releasing a hormone that enhances sugar and fat metabolism. Bone-forming cells secrete the protein osteocalcin, which acts as a hormone, increasing the mass of insulin-producing pancreatic cells, serum insulin levels and fat cell sensitivity to insulin.
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