Interplay between adipose tissue and blood vessels in obesity and vascular dysfunction

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-58

  Gu, Ping ^a   Xu, Aimin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adipocytes; Diabetic complications; Endothelial dysfunction; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; LEPTIN; PALMITIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD VESSEL; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PERIVASCULAR ADIPOSE TISSUE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY;

EID: 84874655035     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: 15732606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-012-9230-8     Document Type: Review

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