Inbal Caspi and Danwei Huangfu on glucose transporters in human glucostat, Deepthi Mallela discusses the genetics of bile acids and their association with diabetes, Bernard Thorens and David Hodson revisit a 1993 "Classic" on GLP-1, and more!

Welcome to the August 2024 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association's podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. In this episode of DiabetesBio, Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams discuss the latest and greatest content in the August 2024 issue of Diabetes.  2:39: Darleen and Kirk are joined by Dr. Inbal Caspi and Dr. Danwei Huangfu, lead author and corresponding author, respectively, of the August Paper of the Month, entitled "Glucose Transporters Are Key Components of the Human Glucostat." This article is an editor-selected feature article and is freely accessible at https://doi.org/10.2337/db23-0508.  27:30: Kirk and Darleen host Dr. Deepthi P. Mallela, co-lead author of "Comprehensive Clinical and Genetic Analyses of Circulating Bile Acids and Their Associations With Diabetes and Its Indices." This article is an editor-selected feature article and is freely accessible at https://doi.org/10.2337/db23-0676. 50:21: In this month's Sweet Talk segment, Kevin and Kirk engage in a scintillating discussion with Dr. Bernard Thorens and Dr. David J. Hodson, coauthors of a recent "Classics in Diabetes" feature, named "Building the Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Brick by Brick: Revisiting a 1993 Diabetes Classic by Thorens et al." This article is an editor-selected feature article and is freely accessible at https://doi.org/10.2337/dbi24-0025. The original "Classics" article is freely accessible at https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.42.11.1678.  To learn more about Diabetes and DiabetesBio, please visit diabetesjournals.org/diabetes. Thank you for listening, and don't forget to smash that "follow" button!