Diabetes occurs when there is a dis-balance between the demand and production of the hormone insulin. When food is taken, it is broken down into smaller components. Sugars and carbohydrates are ...

es un lugar de depósito de grasa ectópico, en contacto directo con las arterias coronarias adyacentes y el miocardio. En consecuencia, puede tener un efecto paracrino en la ateroesclerosis coronaria y ...

“Current in vitro atherosclerosis models have significant limitations, including the lack of three-layer vascular architecture and limited atherosclerotic features,” said Ho-Wook Jun, Ph.D., a ...

Atherosclerosis happens when arteries become narrow and hard due to a buildup of plaque around the artery wall. Atherosclerosis can lead to a heart attack, stroke, and other complications. Other ...

UCLA Goldberg Migraine Program, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA The understanding of migraine pathophysiology is advancing rapidly. Improved ...

Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) contributes to coronary artery disease (CAD). EAT presents a specific lipidomic signature, showing increased ceramides and other proinflammatory lipids content. Besides ...

However, we recognize that the raw quantity of zooarchaeological evidence of hominin carnivory may be misleading because sampling effort is not uniform through time. Holding constant the true ...

Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Disease, School of Public Health, Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou, ...

Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is an active endocrine organ that could contribute to the pathophysiology of coronary artery disease (CAD) through the paracrine release of proatherogenic mediators.

Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States Obesity is a complex disease ...

Laboratory of Stress Medicine, Faculty of Psychology and Mental Health, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China While modernization has dramatically increased lifespan, it has also ...

Atherosclerotic plaques that lead to acute coronary syndromes often occur at sites of angiographically mild coronary-artery stenosis. Lesion-related risk factors for such events are poorly ...