It was confirmed that bone morphogenetic protein-9 (BMP-9), like insulin, improves glycemia in diabetic mice and regulates glucose metabolism in hepatocytes, which is why it is proposed as a candidate for the hepatic insulin-sensitizing substance (HISS). Regarding the fact that BMP-9 has a signaling pathway similar to other BMPs as well as insulin, it is expected that BMP-9 would also have certain effects on the liver. In our 2011 hypothesis, we aimed towards BMP-9 as a possible "hepatic insulin-sensitizing substance" (HISS) and in this article, we provide further evidence, derived from existing studies, suggesting that this putative hormone might in fact be none other than BMP-9.
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