Transition From Obesity to Metabolic Syndrome Is Associated With Altered Myocardial Autophagy and Apoptosis
Author(s) -
Zi-Lun Li,
John R. Woollard,
Behzad Ebrahimi,
John A. Crane,
Kyra L. Jordan,
Amir Lerman,
Shen-Ming Wang,
Lilach O. Lerman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
arteriosclerosis thrombosis and vascular biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.007
H-Index - 270
eISSN - 1524-4636
pISSN - 1079-5642
DOI - 10.1161/atvbaha.111.244061
Subject(s) - insulin resistance , medicine , metabolic syndrome , endocrinology , dyslipidemia , autophagy , lipotoxicity , fibrosis , inflammation , cardiology , obesity , apoptosis , biology , biochemistry
Transition from obesity to metabolic-syndrome (MetS) promotes cardiovascular diseases, but the underlying cardiac pathophysiological mechanisms are incompletely understood. We tested the hypothesis that development of insulin resistance and MetS is associated with impaired myocardial cellular turnover.
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