Evidence against a Beneficial Effect of Irisin in Humans

Silja Raschke; Manuela Elsen; Hans Gassenhuber; Mark Sommerfeld; Uwe Schwahn; Barbara Brockmann; Raphael Jung; Ulrik Wisløff; Arnt E. Tjønna; Truls Raastad; Jostein Hallén; Frode Norheim; Christian A. Drevon; Tania Romacho; Kristin Eckardt; Juergen Eckel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073680

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Evidence against a Beneficial Effect of Irisin in Humans

Silja Raschke,

Affiliation Paul-Langerhans-Group, Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Manuela Elsen,

Affiliation Paul-Langerhans-Group, Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Hans Gassenhuber,

Affiliation R&D Diabetes Division, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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Mark Sommerfeld,

Affiliation R&D Diabetes Division, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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Uwe Schwahn,

Affiliation R&D Diabetes Division, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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Barbara Brockmann,

Affiliation R&D Diabetes Division, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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Raphael Jung,

Affiliation Paul-Langerhans-Group, Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Ulrik Wisløff,

Affiliation K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine at Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Arnt E. Tjønna,

Affiliation K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine at Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Truls Raastad,

Affiliation Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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Jostein Hallén,

Affiliation Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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Frode Norheim,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Christian A. Drevon,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Tania Romacho,

Affiliation Paul-Langerhans-Group, Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Kristin Eckardt,

Affiliation Paul-Langerhans-Group, Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Juergen Eckel

* E-mail: eckel@uni-duesseldorf.de

Affiliation Paul-Langerhans-Group, Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Evidence against a Beneficial Effect of Irisin in Humans

Silja Raschke,
Manuela Elsen,
Hans Gassenhuber,
Mark Sommerfeld,
Uwe Schwahn,
Barbara Brockmann,
Raphael Jung,
Ulrik Wisløff,
Arnt E. Tjønna,
Truls Raastad

Published: September 11, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073680

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