Ectopic fat storage in heart, blood vessels and kidneys in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases
- Montani, Jean-Pierre Department of Medicine/Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Carroll, Joan F. Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Forth Worth, Texas, USA
- Dwyer, Terry M. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
- Antic, Vladan Department of Medicine/Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Yang, Zhihong Department of Medicine/Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Dulloo, Abdul G. Department of Medicine/Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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2004
Published in:
- International Journal of Obesity. - 2004, vol. 28, no. S58-65
ectopic fat storage
lipotoxicity
perivascular fat
sinus lipomatosis
cardiovascular diseases
hypertension
English
In humans and most animal models, the development of obesity leads not only to increased fat depots in classical adipose tissue locations but also to significant lipid deposits within and around other tissues and organs, a phenomenon known as ectopic fat storage. The purpose of this review is to explore the possible locations of ectopic fat in key target-organs of cardiovascular control... Show more…
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Médecine
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Medicine
- License
- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 4401
- DOI 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802858
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/299639