Stress hormone prevents digestive enzymes from damaging pancreas

20 Jan 2017


Research from UT Southwestern Medical Center, published in Cell Metabolism, uncovers the mechanism by which the stress hormone FGF21 keeps digestive enzymes from damaging the pancreas and points to the possibility of new therapies for pancreatitis.

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