Perivascular Adipose Tissue and Its Role in Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

Obesity is associated with insulin resistance, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, but the mechanisms underlying these associations are incompletely understood. Microvascular dysfunction may play an important role in the pathogenesis of both insulin resistance and hypertension in obesity. Adip...

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Main Authors: Meijer, Rick I., Serne, Erik H., Smulders, Yvo M., van Hinsbergh, Victor W. M., Yudkin, John S., Eringa, Etto C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Current Science Inc. 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3085790/