| Literature DB >> 10728348 |
G J van der Vusse1, M van Bilsen, J F Glatz.
Abstract
Fatty acids are important energy donors for the healthy heart. These substrates are supplied to the myocardium bound to albumin to overcome their low solubility in aqueous solutions such as blood plasma. Transport from the microvascular compartment to the mitochondria inside the cardiomyocytes is most likely a combination of passive and protein-mediated diffusion. Alterations in tissue content of fatty acid-transport proteins may contribute to myocardial diseases such as the diabetic heart, and cardiac hypertrophy and failure.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10728348 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6363(99)00263-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cardiovasc Res ISSN: 0008-6363 Impact factor: 10.787