Unravelling the "adipokine paradox": When the classic proatherogenic adipokine leptin is deemed the beneficial one

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 197, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-127

  Antonopoulos, Alexios S ^a,b   Antoniades, Charalambos ^b   Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adipokines; Adiponectin; Adipose tissue; Cardiovascular disease; Leptin

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; LEPTIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ADIPONECTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART PROTECTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEPTIN DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR REMODELING; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; METABOLISM;

ADIPOKINES; ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LEPTIN;

EID: 84938509686     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.044     Document Type: Editorial

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