CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2025
Every month we release a full list of publications from the Center, as well as media appearances by the Center scientists

Media Appearances
Novo Nordisk Foundation for Basic Metabolic Research
Berlingske, 29/03/2025
'<a href="Section" 3="" page="" 12="">Overblik: Her er nye vægttabsmidler, det er værd at holde skarpt øje med'
Medical Museion
Dagens Medicin, 04/03/2025
'Medicinsk Museion viser ny udstilling om tænder'
Sundhedspolitisk Tidsskrift, 24/03/2025
'Medicinsk Museion viser tænder i ny udstilling'
Emeritus Professor Thorkild I.A. Sørensen (Hansen Group)
Down To Earth, 04/03/2025
'World Obesity Day: India to rank among top 3 countries for obesity by 2050, women to bear higher burden'
Associate Professor Christoffer Clemmensen (Clemmensen Group)
Kristeligt Dagblad, 24/03/2025
'Ægteskab tredobler risikoen for fedme hos mænd – men ikke for kvinder'
Kristeligt Dagblad, 25/03/2025, Section 1, page 2 (subscribers only)
'Ægteskab øger risikoen for overvægt. Især hos mændene'
Associate Professor Zach Gerhart-Hines (Gerhart-Hines Group)
Daily Mail, 24/03/2025
'The incredible new obesity pills that can help you lose weight WITHOUT dieting revealed by scientists - and they mean you can also avoid worst effects of weight-loss injections'
Namibian Sun, 26/03/2025
'Scientists discover new breakthrough in weight loss and diabetes treatment'
Associate Professor Marta Guasch Ferré (Guasch Group)
Videnskab.dk, 24/03/2025
'Sådan spiser folk, der får en sund alderdom'
Ritzau, 25/03/2025
'Spis sundt midt i livet og øg chancerne for en sund alderdom'
University of Copenhagen, 25/03/2025
'Eat healthy in midlife to increase your chances of a healthy old age'
Ingeniøren, 26/03/2025
'Kæmpe studie: Dette skal du spise for at holde dig ung'
The Times, 26/03/2025
'What to eat to be one of the healthy elite at 70'
Prevention, 27/03/2025, Section 3, page 12 (subscribers only)
'The Best Diet for Healthy Aging, According to Science'
Science Alert, 29/03/2025
'A 30-Year Study May Have Found The Single Best Diet For Healthy Aging'
Berlingske, 30/03/2025, Section 2, page 7 (subscribers only)
'Forskere: Denne type kost giver den bedste alderdom'
Berlingske, 31/03/2025
'Nyt studie viser, hvilke fødevarer du skal spise for at være stærk og sund hele livet – og hvilke du skal undgå'
Publications
Barrès Group
Hufnagel A & Barrès R. Extracellular vesicles - small messengers with a wide range of applications? Dan Med J. 2024 Jul 18;71(8):A04240239. doi: 10.61409/A04240239.
Ni D, et al. High Fat Low Carbohydrate Diet Is Linked to CNS Autoimmunity Protection. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2025 Mar 27:e2412236. doi: 10.1002/advs.202412236. Epub ahead of print.
Barrès, Guasch & Loos Groups
Eberl EE, et al. Geophagia in pregnancy and its association with nutritional status - A prospective cohort study in rural north-eastern Tanzania. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Mar 4;22(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s12966-025-01721-y.
Clemmensen Group
Krauth N & Olsen SA. MC3R signalling in the medial hypothalamus: new insights on energy rheostasis and implications for obesity therapies. J Physiol. 2025 Mar 8. doi: 10.1113/JP288505. Epub ahead of print.
Nicolaisen TS, et al. Dietary protein restriction elevates FGF21 levels and energy requirements to maintain body weight in lean men. Nat Metab. 2025 Mar;7(3):602-616. doi: 10.1038/s42255-025-01236-7. Epub 2025 Mar 6.
Petersen J, et al. SnapShot: Brain-targeting anti-obesity medications. Cell Metab. 2025 Mar 4;37(3):790-790.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2025.02.006.
Picciau F, et al. More strain, more brain: the impact of exercise intensity on neurogenesis. J Physiol. 2025 Mar;603(6):1357-1359. doi: 10.1113/JP288408. Epub 2025 Mar 3.
Clemmensen & Hansen Groups
Gil CRE, et al. Food insecurity promotes adiposity in mice. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Mar 23. doi: 10.1002/oby.24259. Epub ahead of print.
Clemmensen & Sakamoto Groups
Johansen VBI, et al. Regulation of LEAP2 by insulin and glucagon in mice and humans. Cell Rep Med. 2025 Mar 18;6(3):101996. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2025.101996. Epub 2025 Mar 7.
Emanuelli Group
Yahyavi SK, et al. Effect of a single-dose denosumab on mineral homeostasis in infertile men: insights from a pilot intervention study and a randomized controlled trial. BMC Med. 2025 Mar 7;23(1):145. doi: 10.1186/s12916-025-03958-7.
Guasch Group
Fernández-Duval G, et al. A multi-metabolite signature robustly predicts long-term mortality in the PREDIMED trial and several US cohorts. Metabolism. 2025 Mar 17:156195. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2025.156195. Epub ahead of print.
Tessier AJ, et al. Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging. Nat Med. 2025 Mar 24. doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03570-5. Epub ahead of print.
Hansen Group
Händel MN, et al. Processed Meat Intake and Changes in Weight, Waist, Body Mass Index, and Fat Mass: Systematic Literature Review, Meta-Analysis, and GRADE Assessment of Cohort Studies of Adults. Nutr Rev. 2025 Mar 24:nuaf030. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuaf030. Epub ahead of print.
Jonsdottir AB, et al. Missense variants in FRS3 affect body mass index in populations of diverse ancestries. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 25;16(1):2694. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57753-2.
Sørensen TIA. Forecasting the global obesity epidemic through 2050. Lancet. 2025 Mar 8;405(10481):756-757. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00260-0. Epub 2025 Mar 3.
Hansen & Juul Holst Groups
Sørensen KV, et al. Rare MTNR1B variants causing diminished MT2 signalling associate with elevated HbA1c levels but not with type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia. 2025 Mar 10. doi: 10.1007/s00125-025-06381-y. Epub ahead of print.
Juul Holst Group
Hindsø M, et al. Fat absorption and metabolism after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Metabolism. 2025 Jun;167:156189. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2025.156189. Epub 2025 Mar 10.
Müller TD, et al. Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP). Mol Metab. 2025 May;95:102118. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2025.102118. Epub 2025 Feb 28.
Stentebjerg LL, et al. Altered postprandial glucose metabolism and enteropancreatic hormone responses during pregnancy following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2025 Mar 20;13(2):e004672. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004672.
Tordrup EK, et al. Development of a long-acting unbiased GIP receptor agonist for studies of GIP's role in bone metabolism. Biochem Pharmacol. 2025 Mar 23;236:116893. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2025.116893. Epub ahead of print.
Juul Holst & Schwartz Groups
Lansbury EL, et al. Neurons Co-Expressing GLP-1, CCK, and PYY Receptors Particularly in Right Nodose Ganglion and Innervating Entire GI Tract in Mice. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Feb 26;26(5):2053. doi: 10.3390/ijms26052053.
Kilpeläinen Group
Revsbech Christiansen M, et al. Addressing Clinical Considerations of Abdominal Obesity, Non-Fasting Triglycerides, and Cardiovascular Risk. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Mar 8:zwaf134. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf134. Epub ahead of print.
Loos Group
Choi SH, et al. Sequencing in over 50,000 cases identifies coding and structural variation underlying atrial fibrillation risk. Nat Genet. 2025 Mar;57(3):548-562. doi: 10.1038/s41588-025-02074-9. Epub 2025 Mar 6.
Loos RJF. Genetic causes of obesity: mapping a path forward. Trends Mol Med. 2025 Mar 14:S1471-4914(25)00049-8. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2025.02.002. Epub ahead of print.
Roselli C, et al. Meta-analysis of genome-wide associations and polygenic risk prediction for atrial fibrillation in more than 180,000 cases. Nat Genet. 2025 Mar;57(3):539-547. doi: 10.1038/s41588-024-02072-3. Epub 2025 Mar 6.
Merino Group
Lee H, et al. Exploring the shared genetic landscape of diabetes and cardiovascular disease: findings and future implications. Diabetologia. 2025 Mar 15. doi: 10.1007/s00125-025-06403-9. Epub ahead of print.
Sevilla-González M, et al. Heterogeneous effects of genetic variants and traits associated with fasting insulin on cardiometabolic outcomes. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 15;16(1):2569. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57452-y.
Moritz Group
Gheibi S, et al. Conversion of glutamate into proline by the leucine analog BCH enhances biphasic insulin secretion in pancreatic β-cells. J Biol Chem. 2025 Mar 26:108449. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108449. Epub ahead of print.
Zierath Group
Deota S, et al. The time is now: accounting for time-of-day effects to improve reproducibility and translation of metabolism research. Nat Metab. 2025 Mar;7(3):454-468. doi: 10.1038/s42255-025-01237-6. Epub 2025 Mar 17.