TY - JOUR
T1 - Intra-abdominal adiposity, inflammation, and cardiovascular risk
T2 - New insight into global cardiometabolic risk
AU - Calabro, Paolo
AU - Yeh, Edward T.H.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Increasing evidence supports the role of adipose tissue in the development of a systemic inflammatory state, which contributes to obesity-associated vasculopathy and cardiovascular risk. In addition to storing calories as triglycerides, adipocytes secrete a large variety of proteins, including cytokines, chemokines, and hormone-like factors (eg, leptin, adiponectin, resistin). This production of pro chemokines by adipose tissue is of particular interest, because their local secretion by perivascular adipose depots may provide a new mechanistic link between obesity and its associated vascular complications. Insulin resistance, in subjects with or without diabetes, is frequently associated with obesity, particularly with an excess of intra-abdominal fat. Recently, the endocannabinoid system, among others, has been shown to be involved in the pathophysiology of visceral obesity and global cardiometabolic risk, as represented by the overall risk of developing type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular diseases.
AB - Increasing evidence supports the role of adipose tissue in the development of a systemic inflammatory state, which contributes to obesity-associated vasculopathy and cardiovascular risk. In addition to storing calories as triglycerides, adipocytes secrete a large variety of proteins, including cytokines, chemokines, and hormone-like factors (eg, leptin, adiponectin, resistin). This production of pro chemokines by adipose tissue is of particular interest, because their local secretion by perivascular adipose depots may provide a new mechanistic link between obesity and its associated vascular complications. Insulin resistance, in subjects with or without diabetes, is frequently associated with obesity, particularly with an excess of intra-abdominal fat. Recently, the endocannabinoid system, among others, has been shown to be involved in the pathophysiology of visceral obesity and global cardiometabolic risk, as represented by the overall risk of developing type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular diseases.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11906-008-0008-z
DO - 10.1007/s11906-008-0008-z
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18367024
AN - SCOPUS:39349115362
SN - 1522-6417
VL - 10
SP - 32
EP - 38
JO - Current Hypertension Reports
JF - Current Hypertension Reports
IS - 1
ER -