This hormone is already known to act in the pancreas and the brain, where it helps, respectively, to regulate blood-sugar levels and the feeling of satiation that tells you when to stop eating.

这种激素是在摄入糖和脂肪时由肠细胞产生的，已知它在胰腺和大脑中分别促进对血糖水平和决定何时停止摄食的饱足感的调节。

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Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas.

胰岛素是一种胰脏产生的激素。

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Type 1 diabetes (sometimes called insulin-dependent or childhood-onset diabetes) occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar.

一型糖尿病（有时称为胰岛素依赖或儿童期发作糖尿病）在胰腺无法分泌足够调节血糖的激素–胰岛素的时候发作。

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Another hormone gets produced by the pancreas in response to low glucose levels, it's called glucagon.

胰腺产生另外一类激素,来应对血糖水平降低的情况,它叫做胰高血糖素

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But glucose can't enter our cells without insulin, which is a hormone produced by the pancreas.

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The gene known as ingap could help by jump-starting production of the vital hormone made by the pancreas.

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