Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

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

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35798-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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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 trial.