Hibernating brown bears are protected against atherogenic dyslipidemia

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• who: Sylvain Giroud from the Research Institute University of have published the article: Hibernating brown bears are protected against atherogenic dyslipidemia, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports
• what: This study investigates and highlights (as illustrated in Fig 7) the unique ability of a large hibernator, the brown bear, which does not excrete excess cholesterol (by defecating and urinating) during hibernation, to challenge the handling of large fluxes of lipids while fasting during several months in winter. The authors report that bears display a plasma lipid profile, i.e., increased plasma levels of NEFA and . . .
  

   

  

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