A Gut Check Explains Improved Glucose Metabolism after Surgery

doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2019.10.002

Cell Metabolism

Volume 30, Issue 5, 5 November 2019, Pages 852-854

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Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) surgery leads to more frequent diabetes remission than Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). In this issue, Harris et al. (2019) compare each surgery after careful matching for percentage weight loss and find the gut as a major site of difference between the effects of the two surgeries.

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