Investigating interactions between epicardial adipose tissue and cardiac myocytes: what can we learn from different approaches? [PDF]
, 2017 Heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Some cardiovascular conditions can be modulated by lifestyle factors such as increased exercise or a healthier diet, but many require surgical or pharmacological ...
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Newly Discovered Adipokines: Pathophysiological Link Between Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disorders
Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 With the increasing prevalence of obesity, obesity-related problems such as cardiometabolic disorders (CMD), are also rapidly increasing. To prevent and alleviate the progressive course of CMD, it is important to discover the pathophysiological ...
Jung A. Kim, Kyung Mook Choi
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Regulation of vascular tone by adipocytes
BMC Medicine, 2011 Recent studies have shown that adipose tissue is an active endocrine and paracrine organ secreting several mediators called adipokines. Adipokines include hormones, inflammatory cytokines and other proteins.
Van de Voorde Johan, Maenhaut Nele
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Adipokines and Autoimmunity in Inflammatory Arthritis
Cells, 2021 Adipokines are adipose tissue-derived factors not only playing an important role in metabolism but also influencing other central processes of the body, such as inflammation.
Elena Neumann +5 more
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The complex interactions between obesity, metabolism and the brain [PDF]
, 2019 Obesity is increasing at unprecedented levels globally, and the overall impact ofobesity on the various organ systems of the body is only beginning to be fullyappreciated. Because of the myriad of direct and indirect effects of obesity causingdysfunction
Keller, Jeffrey Neil +1 more
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Adiponectin, in contrast to leptin, is not associated with body mass index, waist circumference and HOMA-IR in subjects of a west-African population [PDF]
, 2018 Factors associated with plasma levels of adiponectin and leptin were studied in adult subjects without diabetes from Cotonou in Benin (West‐Africa). Seventy (70) men and 45 women were included in the study.
Adehan, Grace +7 more
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Obesity as a risk factor for multiple myeloma: insight on the role of adipokines
Pathology and Oncology Research, 2023 Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematologic disorder characterized by the accumulation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. Genetic and environmental factors are contributed to the etiology of MM.
Wenting Tie +8 more
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Perivascular adipose tissue inflammation in vascular disease [PDF]
, 2017 Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. In vascular pathologies, perivascular adipose tissue increases in volume and becomes dysfunctional, with altered cellular composition and molecular ...
Guzik, Tomasz J., Nosalski, Ryszard
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Adipokines expression in reproductive tract, egg white and embryonic annexes in hen
Poultry Science, 2023 : In mammals, molecules mainly secreted by white adipose tissue named adipokines are also synthetized locally in the reproductive tract and are able to influence reproductive functions.
Ophélie Bernardi +6 more
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Relationship between adipose tissue dysfunction, Vitamin D deficiency and the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease [PDF]
, 2017 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ( NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. Its pathogenesis is complex and not yet fully understood.
BARCHETTA, ILARIA +7 more
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