The role of epicardial adipose tissue in heart disease

Title:

The role of epicardial adipose tissue in heart disease

Creator:

Matloch, Z., Tomáš Kotulák, and Martin Haluzík

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:3fa78fb0-7b59-4661-9ff7-0bee425c0be3
uuid:3fa78fb0-7b59-4661-9ff7-0bee425c0be3
issn:0862-8408

Subject:

Fyziologie člověka a srovnávací fyziologie, záněty, obezita, diabetes mellitus, inflammations, obesity, epicardial fat, adipokines, type 2 diabetes mellitus, 14, and 612

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Description:

Recent studies focused on epicardial fat, formerly relatively neglected component of the heart, have elucidated some of its key roles. It possesses several properties that can distinguish it from other adipose tissue depots. Its unique anatomical location in the heart predisposes the epicardial fat to be an important player in the physiological and biochemical regulation o f cardiac homeostasis. Obesity is associated with an increase in epicardial fat mass. Excess of cardiac fat can contribute to greater left ventricular mass and work, diastolic dysfunction and attenuated septal wall thickening. Imbalance in adipokines levels secreted in autocrine or paracrine fashion by epicardial fat can contribute to the activation of the key atherogenic pathways in the setting of metabolic syndrome. Epicardial fat has also been identified as an important source of pro-inflammatory mediato rs worsening endothelial dysfunction, eventually leading to coronary artery disease. Increased production of pro-inflammatory factors by epicardial fat can also contribute to systemic insulin resistance in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Here we revie w the most important roles of epicardial fat with respect to heart disease in the context of other underlying pathologies such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus., Z. Matloch, T. Kotulák, M. Haluzík., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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Source:

Physiological research | 2016 Volume:65 | Number:1

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