The Impacts of Obesity on the Cardiovascular and Renal Systems: Cascade of Events and Therapeutic Approaches

Role of leptin and central nervous system melanocortins in obesity hypertension

(2013) Alexandre A. da Silva et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION

Rapid Onset of Renal Sympathetic Nerve Activation in Rabbits Fed a High-Fat Diet

(2012) James A. Armitage et al.   HYPERTENSION

Prospective cohort study of body mass index and the risk of hospitalisation: findings from 246 361 participants in the 45 and Up Study

(2012) R J Korda et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

The obesity paradox in elderly patients with heart failure: Analysis of nutritional status

(2012) Antonio Casas-Vara et al.   NUTRITION

Valsartan Improves  -Cell Function and Insulin Sensitivity in Subjects With Impaired Glucose Metabolism: A randomized controlled trial

(2011) N. J. van der Zijl et al.   DIABETES CARE

Increased visceral adipose tissue mass is associated with increased C-reactive protein in patients with manifest vascular diseases

(2010) Daniël R. Faber et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Drug Mechanisms to Help in Managing Resistant Hypertension in Obesity

(2010) Pieter M. Jansen et al.   CURRENT HYPERTENSION REPORTS

Positive Relationship Between Plasma Leptin Level and Hypertension

(2010) Anoop Shankar et al.   HYPERTENSION

Exposure to a High-Fat Diet Alters Leptin Sensitivity and Elevates Renal Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Arterial Pressure in Rabbits

(2010) Larissa J. Prior et al.   HYPERTENSION

Inflammatory cytokines in vascular dysfunction and vascular disease

(2009) Alexander H. Sprague et al.   BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Local Inflammation and Hypoxia Abolish the Protective Anticontractile Properties of Perivascular Fat in Obese Patients

(2009) Adam S. Greenstein et al.   CIRCULATION

Proinflammatory Phenotype of Perivascular Adipocytes

(2009) Tapan K. Chatterjee et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Monocyte heterogeneity in obesity and subclinical atherosclerosis

(2009) K. S. Rogacev et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Renin–angiotensin system, natriuretic peptides, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and hypertension: an integrated view in humans

(2009) Riccardo Sarzani et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Myocardial lipid accumulation in patients with pressure-overloaded heart and metabolic syndrome

(2009) Raffaele Marfella et al.   JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH

Aldosterone Induces Apoptosis in Rat Podocytes: Role of PI3-K/Akt and p38MAPK Signaling Pathways

(2009) Cheng Chen et al.   NEPHRON EXPERIMENTAL NEPHROLOGY

Tesaglitazar, a Dual Peroxisome Proliferator- Activated Receptor Agonist (PPARα/γ), Improves Metabolic Abnormalities and Reduces Renal Injury in Obese Zucker Rats

(2009) Jie Liao et al.   NEPHRON EXPERIMENTAL NEPHROLOGY

Activated macrophages down-regulate podocyte nephrin and podocin expression via stress-activated protein kinases

(2008) Yohei Ikezumi et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Local adipose tissue renin-angiotensin system

(2008) Lisa A. Cassis et al.   CURRENT HYPERTENSION REPORTS

Aldosterone Inhibits Insulin-Induced Glucose Uptake by Degradation of Insulin Receptor Substrate (IRS) 1 and IRS2 via a Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Pathway in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes

(2008) Tsutomu Wada et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Relations of Inflammatory Biomarkers and Common Genetic Variants With Arterial Stiffness and Wave Reflection

(2008) Renate Schnabel et al.   HYPERTENSION

Blockade of Endogenous Proinflammatory Cytokines Ameliorates Endothelial Dysfunction in Obese Zucker Rats

(2008) Hiroaki Nishimatsu et al.   HYPERTENSION RESEARCH

Global burden of obesity in 2005 and projections to 2030

(2008) T Kelly et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

The metabolic syndrome in hypertension: European society of hypertension position statement

(2008) Josep Redon et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Modulation of Blood Pressure by Central Melanocortinergic Pathways

(2008) Jerry R. Greenfield et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE