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Vol. 78 No. 3 (2012): Cardiac series
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2012.117

Adipokines and coronary artery disease

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Received: 1 December 2015
Published: 1 December 2015
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adipokines, atherosclerosis, CAD, white adipose tissue

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Teresa Strisciuglio
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Gennaro Galasso
gengalas@unina.it
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Dario Leosco
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Roberta De Rosa
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Giuseppe Di Gioia
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Valentina Parisi
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Stefania De Luca
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Tullio Niglio
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Chiara De Biase
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Rossella Luciano
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Giuseppe Rengo
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Bruno Trimarco
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Federico Piscione
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.
Adipose tissue, besides being an important energetic storage, is also a source of cytokines and hormones which act in a paracrine, autocrine and especially endocrine manner, influencing the cardiometabolic axis. Adipokines are a group of mediators with pleiotropic function, that are involved in many physiological processes, so that a disregulation in their secretion can lead to multiple pathological conditions. In this review our aim was to clarify the role of adipokines in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, especially in coronary artery disease, and based on current scientific evidence, to analyze the therapeutic and behavioral strategies that are so far available.

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“Adipokines and Coronary Artery Disease”. 2015. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 78 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2012.117.

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