Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) Seem Resistant to Atherosclerosis -Despite Highly Elevated Plasma Lipids during Hibernation and Active State

Clinical and Translational Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 269-272

  Arinell, Karin ^a   Sahdo, Berolla ^b   Evans, Alina L ^c,d   Arnemo, Jon M ^c,e   Baandrup, Ulrik ^f,g   Fröbert, Ole ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f NORTH DENMARK REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g Faculty of Medical Sciences   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apolipoproteins; Cholesterol; Hibernation physiology; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BEAR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URSUS ARCTOS;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; LIPIDS; MALE; URSIDAE;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84862224614     PISSN: 17528054     EISSN: 17528062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2011.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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