[HTML][HTML] Adipose tissue distribution, inflammation and its metabolic consequences, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease

A Chait, LJ Den Hartigh - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Adipose tissue plays essential roles in maintaining lipid and glucose homeostasis. To date
several types of adipose tissue have been identified, namely white, brown, and beige, that …

A comprehensive review of risk factors for venous thromboembolism: from epidemiology to pathophysiology

D Pastori, VM Cormaci, S Marucci, G Franchino… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the third most common cause of death worldwide. The
incidence of VTE varies according to different countries, ranging from 1–2 per 1000 person …

SARS-CoV-2 infection drives an inflammatory response in human adipose tissue through infection of adipocytes and macrophages

GJ Martínez-Colón, K Ratnasiri, H Chen… - Science Translational …, 2022 - science.org
Obesity, characterized by chronic low-grade inflammation of the adipose tissue, is
associated with adverse coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes, yet the …

From pre-diabetes to diabetes: diagnosis, treatments and translational research

RMM Khan, ZJY Chua, JC Tan, Y Yang, Z Liao, Y Zhao - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Diabetes, a silent killer, is one of the most widely prevalent conditions of the present time.
According to the 2017 International Diabetes Federation (IDF) statistics, the global …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity and obesity-induced inflammatory disease contribute to atherosclerosis: a review of the pathophysiology and treatment of obesity

RJ Henning - American journal of cardiovascular disease, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Two billion people worldwide older than 18 years of age, or approximately 30% of the world
population, are overweight or obese. In addition, more than 43 million children under the …

Vitamin D deficiency: consequence or cause of obesity?

L Vranić, I Mikolašević, S Milić - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Obesity is defined as an excess amount of body fat and represents a significant health
problem worldwide. High prevalence of vitamin D (VD) deficiency in obese subjects is a well …

A novel machine learning-derived radiotranscriptomic signature of perivascular fat improves cardiac risk prediction using coronary CT angiography

EK Oikonomou, MC Williams, CP Kotanidis… - European Heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Coronary inflammation induces dynamic changes in the balance between
water and lipid content in perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT), as captured by perivascular …

Effects of exercise to improve cardiovascular health

K Pinckard, KK Baskin, KI Stanford - Frontiers in cardiovascular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Obesity is a complex disease that affects whole body metabolism and is associated with an
increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Physical …

Epicardial adipose tissue may mediate deleterious effects of obesity and inflammation on the myocardium

M Packer - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2018 - jacc.org
Epicardial adipose tissue has unique properties that distinguish it from other depots of
visceral fat. Rather than having distinct boundaries, the epicardium shares an unobstructed …

Monounsaturated fatty acids in obesity-related inflammation

G Ravaut, A Légiot, KF Bergeron… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Obesity is an important aspect of the metabolic syndrome and is often associated with
chronic inflammation. In this context, inflammation of organs participating in energy …