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Abstract
Sedentary lifestyle accelerates biological ageing, is a major risk factor for developing metabolic syndrome and is associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, kidney failure, sarcopenia and osteoporosis. In contrast to the linear path to worsening health in humans with metabolic syndrome, brown bears have developed a circular metabolic plasticity enabling these animals to tolerate obesity and a 'sedentary lifestyle' during hibernation and exit the den metabolically healthy in spring. Bears are close to humans physiology wise, much closer than rodents, the preferred experimental animals in medical research, and may better serve as translational model to develop treatments for lifestyle-related diseases. In this review, aspects of brown bear hibernation survival strategies are outlined and conceivable experimental strategies to learn from bears are described.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Internal Medicine |
Volume | 287 |
Issue number | 3 |
Pages (from-to) | 263-270 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 0954-6820 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2020 |
Bibliographical note
© 2019 The Association for the Publication of the Journal of Internal Medicine.Keywords
- brown bear
- hibernation
- metabolic syndrome
- translational research
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The hibernating brown bear: A novel translational model to identify treatment strategies for complications of physical inactivity
Frøbert Harbo, A. M.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research