Many features of the environment have been found to exert an important influence on
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, progression, and severity. Changes in the environment …

Resveratrol increases the production of nitric oxide (NO) in endothelial cells by upregulating
the expression of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS), stimulating eNOS enzymatic activity, and …

The coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly spreading worldwide and is
becoming a major public health crisis. Increasing evidence demonstrates a strong …

Obesity and the metabolic syndrome (MS) are two of the pressing healthcare problems of
our time. The MS is defined as increased abdominal obesity in concert with elevated fasting …

Obesity is increasingly prevalent and is associated with substantial cardiovascular risk.
Adipose tissue distribution and morphology play a key role in determining the degree of …

Adipose tissue in addition to its ability to keep lipids is now recognized as a real organ with
both metabolic and endocrine functions. Recent studies demonstrated that in obese animals …

Chronic inflammatory state in obesity causes dysregulation of the endocrine and paracrine
actions of adipocyte-derived factors, which disrupt vascular homeostasis and contribute to …

Extracellular flux (XF) analysis has become a mainstream method for measuring
mitochondrial function in cells and tissues. Although this technique is commonly used to …

Obesity is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease and has
quickly become a worldwide pandemic with few tangible and safe treatment options …

Obesity is a multifactorial chronic disease characterized by an accumulation of visceral and
subcutaneous fat, which leads to a predisposition toward cardiometabolic diseases. A …