Short-term cold acclimation improves insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

A small clinical trial shows that short-term cold acclimation to moderately-cold temperature improves the glucose homeostasis of individuals with type 2 diabetes, without an appreciable activation of their brown adipose tissue. Cold exposure may be a potential therapy for diabetes by increasing brow...

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Published in:	Nature medicine Vol. 21; no. 8; pp. 863 - 865
Main Authors:	Hanssen, Mark J W, Hoeks, Joris, Brans, Boudewijn, van der Lans, Anouk A J J, Schaart, Gert, van den Driessche, José J, Jörgensen, Johanna A, Boekschoten, Mark V, Hesselink, Matthijs K C, Havekes, Bas, Kersten, Sander, Mottaghy, Felix M, van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D, Schrauwen, Patrick
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.08.2015 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	38/61 631/443 631/443/319 692/163 692/308/575 82/80 Acclimatization Adipose tissue Adipose Tissue, Brown - metabolism Aged Biomedicine Body fat brief-communication Cancer Research Care and treatment Chair Nutrition Metabolism and Genomics Cold Cold Temperature Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - metabolism Dosage and administration Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Glucose - metabolism Glucose Transporter Type 4 - physiology Health aspects HNE Nutrition, Metabolism and Genomics HNE Voeding, Metabolisme en Genomics Humans Infectious Diseases Insulin Insulin Resistance Male Medical research Metabolic Diseases Middle Aged Molecular Medicine Muscles Neurosciences Nutrition, Metabolism and Genomics Translocation Type 2 diabetes VLAG Voeding, Metabolisme en Genomica
ISSN:	1078-8956, 1546-170X, 1546-170X
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