Isabella Salamone is an eighth-year student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences (DGP) who is studying sexual dysmorphism in mice in the laboratory of Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD, the Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine and director of the Center for Genetic Medicine.
A new study in high fat diet-fed mice showed that weekly prednisone promotes nutrient uptake into muscles, and improves lean body mass and exercise tolerance.
Obese mice that were fed a high-fat diet and that received prednisone one time per week had improved exercise endurance, got stronger, increased their lean body mass and lost weight, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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When given weekly it improved their exercise endurance, increased strength, lean body mass, and lost weight. Prednisone is known to increase obesity and