In our new paper in the special issue at @jphysiol.bsky.social, we show that FGF21-glucagon signalling drives sex-specific effects on weight loss and glucose tolerance in obese mice, and uncover an unexpected FGF21-deficiency-driven susceptibility to obesity in females.
Christoffer Merrild
I am proud to have done this work alongside @johansenvbi.bsky.social under the supervision of Pablo Ranea-Robles and @clemmensenc.bsky.social at @cbmr.science, University of Copenhagen.
Curious to learn more? Read it here: doi.org/10.1113/JP28...
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Abstract figure legend Therapies targeting the glucagon receptor are being explored for obesity treatment, yet most preclinical studies remain male biased. In this study, Merrild and Johansen et al. ...