Elevation of body temperature during exercise enhances protection against dexamethasone‑induced skeletal muscle atrophy
Berkay Ozerklig, Senay Akin, Seda Olgaz Bingol, Bulent Okan Yildiz, Scott K. Powers, Ibrahim Turkel, Haydar A. Demirel · 2026
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Berkay Ozerklig and six co-authors published a muscle physiology study in twenty twenty-six on whether the heat of exercise protects muscle during steroid treatment. Long glucocorticoid use wastes muscle by cutting protein building and raising breakdown. Exercise helps, but the team suspected body temperature itself does part of the work.
Forty-eight rats were split into six groups combining the steroid dexamethasone with exercise in cold or warm rooms. The steroid shrank muscle mass and fiber size sharply. Cold-room exercise protected only partly. Warm-room exercise fully preserved mass and fiber size, beating the steroid-only group clearly. The result suggests warming up is not just comfort; it is part of the medicine.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Berkay Ozerklig, Senay Akin, Seda Olgaz Bingol, Bulent Okan Yildiz, Scott K. Powers, Ibrahim Turkel, Haydar A. Demirel |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |