Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Clenbuterol exerts antidiabetic activity through metabolic reprogramming of skeletal muscle cells

  • Jaroslawna Meister,
  • Derek B. J. Bone,
  • Jonas R. Knudsen,
  • Luiz F. Barella,
  • Thomas J. Velenosi,
  • Dmitry Akhmedov,
  • Regina J. Lee,
  • Amanda H. Cohen,
  • Oksana Gavrilova,
  • Yinghong Cui,
  • Gerard Karsenty,
  • Min Chen,
  • Lee S. Weinstein,
  • Maximilian Kleinert,
  • Rebecca Berdeaux,
  • Thomas E. Jensen,
  • Erik A. Richter,
  • Jürgen Wess

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27540-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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In this study, the authors demonstrated that agents targeting skeletal muscle metabolism by modulating β2-adrenergic receptor-dependent signaling may prove beneficial as novel antidiabetic drugs.