• Hibernating brown bears are protected against atherogenic dyslipidemia 

      Giroud, Sylvain; Chery, Isabelle; Arrivé, Mathilde; Prost, Michel; Zumsteg, Julie; Heintz, Dimitri; Evans, Alina; Gauquelin-Koch, Guillemette; Arnemo, Jon Martin; Swenson, Jon E.; Lefai, Etienne; Bertile, Fabrice; Simon, Chantal; Blanc, Stéphane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      To investigate mechanisms by which hibernators avoid atherogenic hyperlipidemia during hibernation, we assessed lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolisms of free-ranging Scandinavian brown bears (Ursus arctos). In winter- ...
    • Limited oxidative stress favors resistance to skeletal muscle atrophy in hibernating brown bears (Ursus Arctos) 

      Chazarin, Blandine; Ziemianin, Anna; Evans, Alina L.; Meugnier, Emmanuelle; Loizon, Emmanuelle; Chery, Isabelle; Arnemo, Jon Martin; Swenson, Jon; Gauquelin-Koch, Guillemette; Simon, Chantal; Blanc, Stéphane; Lefai, Etienne; Bertile, Fabrice (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
    • Lipidomics reveals seasonal shifts in a large-bodied hibernator, the brown bear 

      Giroud, Sylvain; Chery, Isabelle; Bertile, Fabrice; Bertrand-Michel, Justine; Tascher, Georg; Gauquelin-Koch, Guillemette; Arnemo, Jon Martin; Swenson, Jon; Singh, Navinder; Lefai, Etienne; Evans, Alina L.; Simon, Chantal; Blanc, Stéphane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
    • Metabolic reprogramming involving glycolysis in the hibernating brown bear skeletal muscle 

      Chazarin, Blandine; Storey, Kenneth B.; Ziemianin, Anna; Chanon, Stéphanie; Plumel, M.; Chery, Isabelle; Durand, Christine; Evans, Alina L.; Arnemo, Jon Martin; Zedrosser, Andreas; Swenson, Jon; Gauquelin-Koch, Guillemette; Simon, Chantal; Blanche, Stephane; Lefai, Etienne; Bertile, Fabrice (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
    • Proteolysis inhibition by hibernating bear serum leads to increased protein content in human muscle cells 

      Chanon, Stéphanie; Chazarin, Blandine; Toubhans, Benoit; Durand, Christine; Chery, Isabelle; Robert, Maud; Vieille-Marchiset, Aurélie; Swenson, Jon; Zedrosser, Andreas; Evans, Alina L.; Brunberg, Sven; Arnemo, Jon Martin; Gauquelin-Koch, Guillemette; Storey, Kenneth B.; Simon, Chantal; Blanc, Stéphane; Bertile, Fabrice; Lefai, Etienne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Muscle atrophy is one of the main characteristics of human ageing and physical inactivity, with resulting adverse health outcomes. To date, there are still no efcient therapeutic strategies for its prevention and/or ...
    • Seasonal changes in eicosanoid metabolism in the brown bear 

      Giroud, Sylvain; Evans, Alina L.; Chery, Isabelle; Bertile, Fabrice; Tascher, Georg; Bertrand-Michel, Justine; Gauquelin-Koch, Guillemette; Arnemo, Jon Martin; Swenson, Jon; Lefai, Etienne; Blanc, Stéphane; Simon, Chantal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)