Oxytocin stimulates pancreatic hormones to improve insulin secretion
Mihaela Măncilă
Aging-US Jun 18 2025 A new research paper was published in Aging ( Aging-US ) Volume 17, Issue 5, on May 1, 2025, titled "Oxytocin modulates insulin and GLP-1 secretion in pancreatic islets." In this study, scientists from Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine investigated how the hormone oxytocin (Oxt) influences insulin levels by acting on specific cells in the pancreas. The team led by first author Kasumi Hattori and corresponding authors Kenju Shimomura and Yuko Maejima
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