![[ Back to EurekAlert! ]](http://www.eurekalert.org/images/back2e.gif){kind=small}
|
Contact: Jim Dryden
jdryden@wustl.edu
314-286-0110
Washington University School of Medicine
Caption: In mice without the key enzyme, fatty acid synthase, bad bacteria invade the colon and the small intestine, which creates the inflammation underlying insulin resistance and diabetes. In the mouse colon above, a protein (shown in red) that makes up the protective membrane in the gut is not functioning properly.
Credit: Washington University School of Medicine
Usage Restrictions: None
Related news release: Diabetes may start in the intestines, research suggests
|