Bright night sleeping environment induces diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in non-human primates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

According to the IDF Diabetes Atlas regularly published by International Diabetes Federation, the prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), diabetes-related mortality and health expenditure are becoming serious eventually at the global, regional and national level. While the data alarm people, the exact cause remains unknown. It is widely accepted that glucose metabolism can be impaired by circadian rhythms disruption and sleep disturbances, both closely linked to exposure to light at night. However, there is little direct experiment on primates to study the precise extent of how serious bright sleeping environment at night impairs glucose metabolism, what the relationship is between nocturnal brightness and the development of diabetes and IGT, any dif

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11860132 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature