Adipose tissue pro-inflammatory gene expression
Channel: International Journal of Clinical Practice
Date: 2011-08-18

This video is based on an article in the IJCP September issue entitled: Adipose tissue pro-inflammatory gene expression is associated with cardiovascular disease.

Obese patients are at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Several studies suggest obesity as an independent risk factor. Adipose tissue is now accepted as an endocrine organ that produces and secretes a variety of cytokines, hormones and other metabolic players involved in the pathogenesis of atheroscleros.

Read the paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02717.x/abstract

Read the commentary:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02757.x/abstract