| Literature DB >> 27787838 |
Xiaoming Lian1, Maik Gollasch2,3.
Abstract
Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is now recognized as an important paracrine organ influencing the homeostasis of the vessel wall, regional blood flow and peripheral arterial resistance. There is remarkable phenotypic variability and plasticity of PVAT among various vascular beds, exhibiting phenotypes from white to brown and beige adipocytes. PVAT dysfunction is characterized by disturbed secretion of various adipokines, which, together with endothelial dysfunction, contribute to hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD). This brief review describes our current knowledge on PVAT in health and cardiovascular disease, with a special focus on different phenotypes and signaling pathways in adipocytes of PVAT associated with hypertension, obesity and cardiovascular disorders.Entities:
Keywords: KCNQ-type KV7 channels; Perivascular relaxing factors, PVRFs; adipocyte-derived relaxing factor, ADRF; adiponectin; beige adipocytes; hydrogen sulfide, H2S
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27787838 DOI: 10.1007/s11906-016-0692-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Hypertens Rep ISSN: 1522-6417 Impact factor: 5.369