Aerobic exercise can modulate the underlying mechanisms involved in the development of diabetic complications |
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Authors: | Habib Yaribeygi Alexandra E Butler Amirhossein Sahebkar |
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Institution: | 1. Chronic Kidney Disease Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;2. Diabetes Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Doha, Qatar;3. Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran |
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Abstract: | Diabetes mellitus is a highly prevalent metabolic disorder that affects many molecular pathways, causing a shift from a physiologic to a pathophysiologic state. Alterations in the molecular pathways promote diabetic complications and, thus, many medical and nonmedical therapies have been directed at preventing these complications. Despite the beneficial effects on moderating glycemic control, medical therapies may also have unfavorable side effects. This makes nonmedical therapeutic approaches more attractive due to lower pharmacological side effects of these strategies compared to medical agents. Aerobic exercise is now considered as a major nonmedical strategy that can promote beneficial and protective effects to counteract the development of diabetic complications via attenuation of the major molecular mechanisms involved in diabetes. |
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Keywords: | aerobic exercise diabetic nephropathy diabetic retinopathy inflammation nitric oxide oxidative stress |
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