Effect of β2-agonist treatment on insulin-stimulated peripheral glucose disposal in healthy men in a randomised placebo-controlled trial

β2-agonist treatment improves skeletal muscle glucose uptake and whole-body glucose homeostasis in rodents. Here the authors report that two-weeks of treatment with the β2-agonist clenbuterol improves insulin-stimulated glucose disposal in healthy young men in a double-blinded, randomized cross-over...

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Main Authors: Sten M. M. van Beek, Yvonne M. H. Bruls, Froukje Vanweert, Ciarán E. Fealy, Niels J. Connell, Gert Schaart, Esther Moonen-Kornips, Johanna A. Jörgensen, Frédéric M. Vaz, Ellen T. H. C. Smeets, Peter J. Joris, Anne Gemmink, Riekelt H. Houtkooper, Matthijs K. C. Hesselink, Tore Bengtsson, Bas Havekes, Patrick Schrauwen, Joris Hoeks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35798-5