Hyperleptinemia: Protecting the heart from lipid overload

Hypertension

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1031-1034

  Unger, Roger H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; CERAMIDE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOCYTE; APOPTOSIS; APPETITE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL DEATH; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOTOXIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STEATOSIS;

ANIMALS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LEPTIN; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 20044377423     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000165683.09053.02     Document Type: Short Survey

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