Jens Juul Holst

Altered glucagon and GIP responses in South Asian versus Nordic women after gestational diabetes mellitus

Abstract Aims/hypothesis We aimed to compare ethnic differences in levels of glucagon, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) following a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and to assess whether the higher...

Intravenous Oxytocin Does Not Affect Glucose‐Regulating Hormones or Markers of Bone Turnover During Graded Glucose Infusion in Healthy Men

AIM: Oxytocin has been proposed to exert glucose-stabilising effects via modulation of pancreatic hormone secretion and to play a role in bone homeostasis. However, human data under controlled conditions are limited. We investigated the effects of intravenously infused oxytocin d...