Adiposity and cardiovascular disorders: Disturbance of the regulatory system consisting of humoral and neuronal signals

Circulation Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-39

  Katagiri, Hideki ^a,b   Yamada, Tetsuya ^b   Oka, Yoshitomo ^b  

^a Division of CJD Science and Technology   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipocytokines; Atherosclerosis; Autonomic nervous system; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GANGLION BLOCKING AGENT; HUMORAL ANTIBODY; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA AGONIST; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; RESISTIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHEROGENESIS; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL COMMUNICATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34447645834     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.151621     Document Type: Review

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