Effects of medium chain triglycerides supplementation on insulin sensitivity and beta cell function: A feasibility study

Dylan D. Thomas; Mary-Catherine Stockman; Liqun Yu; Tova Meshulam; Ashley C. McCarthy; Annaliese Ionson; Nathan Burritt; Jude Deeney; Howard Cabral; Barbara Corkey; Nawfal Istfan; Caroline M. Apovian

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0226200

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Effects of medium chain triglycerides supplementation on insulin sensitivity and beta cell function: A feasibility study

Dylan D. Thomas,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management, Boston University, MA, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8838-2992

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Mary-Catherine Stockman,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition and Weight Management, Nutrition and Weight Management Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Liqun Yu,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition and Weight Management, Nutrition and Weight Management Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Tova Meshulam,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management, Boston University, MA, United States of America
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Ashley C. McCarthy,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Software

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management, Boston University, MA, United States of America
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Annaliese Ionson,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Nathan Burritt,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition and Weight Management, Nutrition and Weight Management Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Jude Deeney,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management, Boston University, MA, United States of America
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Howard Cabral,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Barbara Corkey,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management, Boston University, MA, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5467-1630

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Nawfal Istfan,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management, Boston University, MA, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition and Weight Management, Nutrition and Weight Management Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Caroline M. Apovian

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: caroline.apovian@bmc.org

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management, Boston University, MA, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition and Weight Management, Nutrition and Weight Management Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8029-1922

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Effects of medium chain triglycerides supplementation on insulin sensitivity and beta cell function: A feasibility study

Dylan D. Thomas,
Mary-Catherine Stockman,
Liqun Yu,
Tova Meshulam,
Ashley C. McCarthy,
Annaliese Ionson,
Nathan Burritt,
Jude Deeney,
Howard Cabral,
Barbara Corkey

Published: December 23, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226200

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