Pericoronary Adipose Tissue: A Novel Therapeutic Target in Obesity-Related Coronary Atherosclerosis

Inflammatory capacity of pericoronary adipose tissue among overweight patients with stable angina affects atherosclerotic leasions formation

(2014) T. Mazurek et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Are Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Benign Conditions?

(2013) Caroline K. Kramer et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Effects of Pioglitazone on Visceral Fat Metabolic Activity in Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

(2013) Norihiro Kodama et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Intensification of Statin Therapy Results in a Rapid Reduction in Atherosclerotic Inflammation

(2013) Ahmed Tawakol et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Association of Epicardial Fat With Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Incident Myocardial Infarction in the General Population

(2013) Amir A. Mahabadi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Effect of Treatment for 12 Weeks With Rilapladib, a Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Inhibitor, on Arterial Inflammation as Assessed With 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography Imaging

(2013) Ahmed Tawakol et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Therapy Reduces Aortic Inflammation and Stiffness in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

(2012) Kaisa M. Mäki-Petäjä et al.   CIRCULATION

Plasma adiponectin levels predict cardiovascular events in the observational Arita Cohort Study in Japan: the importance of the plasma adiponectin levels

(2012) Chun-Yen Chen et al.   HYPERTENSION RESEARCH

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibits the cytokine-induced secretion of MCP-1 and reduces monocyte recruitment by human preadipocytes

(2012) D Gao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

A PPARγ–FGF1 axis is required for adaptive adipose remodelling and metabolic homeostasis

(2012) Johan W. Jonker et al.   NATURE

Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Pericardial Fat in Healthy Older Adults

(2012) Mark Hamer et al.   Obesity

Differential Expression of MicroRNAs in Adipose Tissue after Long-Term High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice

(2012) Dionysios V. Chartoumpekis et al.   PLoS One

Effects of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Inhibition on Vascular and Systemic Inflammation in Patients With Atherosclerosis

(2012) Maysoon Elkhawad et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Association of coffee consumption with serum adiponectin, leptin, inflammation and metabolic markers in Japanese workers: a cross-sectional study

(2012) K Yamashita et al.   Nutrition & Diabetes

Effect of moderate weight loss on hepatic, pancreatic and visceral lipids in obese subjects

(2012) A P Rossi et al.   Nutrition & Diabetes

Pervasive roles of microRNAs in cardiovascular biology

(2011) Eric M. Small et al.   NATURE

Gene-chip studies of adipogenesis-regulated microRNAs in mouse primary adipocytes and human obesity

(2011) Pernille Keller et al.   BMC Endocrine Disorders

Epicardial Adipokines in Obesity and Coronary Artery Disease Induce Atherogenic Changes in Monocytes and Endothelial Cells

(2010) Kalypso Karastergiou et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Epicardial Perivascular Adipose-Derived Leptin Exacerbates Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction in Metabolic Syndrome via a Protein Kinase C-β Pathway

(2010) Gregory A. Payne et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Association of pericoronary fat volume with atherosclerotic plaque burden in the underlying coronary artery: A segment analysis

(2010) Amir A. Mahabadi et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Perivascular adipose tissue as a cause of atherosclerosis

(2010) Sandra N. Verhagen et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Integration of microRNA changes in vivo identifies novel molecular features of muscle insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes

(2010) Iain J Gallagher et al.   Genome Medicine

Pericardial Adipose Tissue Determined by Dual Source CT Is a Risk Factor for Coronary Atherosclerosis

(2009) Martin Greif et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Adam S. Greenstein et al.   CIRCULATION

Pericardial Fat, Intrathoracic Fat, and Measures of Left Ventricular Structure and Function

(2009) Caroline S. Fox et al.   CIRCULATION

Proinflammatory Phenotype of Perivascular Adipocytes

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

MicroRNAs Induced During Adipogenesis that Accelerate Fat Cell Development Are Downregulated in Obesity

(2009) H. Xie et al.   DIABETES

Adiponectin directly improves endothelial dysfunction in obese rats through the AMPK–eNOS Pathway

(2009) G Deng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

(2009) Carl J. Lavie et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Echocardiographic Epicardial Fat: A Review of Research and Clinical Applications

(2009) Gianluca Iacobellis et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Molecular, biochemical and functional characterizations of C1q/TNF family members: adipose-tissue-selective expression patterns, regulation by PPAR-γ agonist, cysteine-mediated oligomerizations, combinatorial associations and metabolic functions

(2008) G. William Wong et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Noninvasive Detection and Localization of Vulnerable Plaque and Arterial Thrombosis With Computed Tomography Angiography/Positron Emission Tomography

(2008) Kusai Aziz et al.   CIRCULATION

Identification and characterization of CTRP9, a novel secreted glycoprotein, from adipose tissue that reduces serum glucose in mice and forms heterotrimers with adiponectin

(2008) G. William Wong et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Plasma Resistin Levels and Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke

(2008) Cornelia Weikert et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Which Measures of Obesity Best Predict Cardiovascular Risk?⁎⁎Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

(2008) Sheldon E. Litwin   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

(2008) T. Pischon et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Threshold Values of High-risk Echocardiographic Epicardial Fat Thickness

(2008) Gianluca Iacobellis et al.   Obesity

Quantification of epicardial and peri-coronary fat using cardiac computed tomography; reproducibility and relation with obesity and metabolic syndrome in patients suspected of coronary artery disease

(2007) Petra M. Gorter et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Peri-coronary epicardial adipose tissue is related to cardiovascular risk factors and coronary artery calcification in post-menopausal women

(2007) A. M. de Vos et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Perivascular tissue of internal thoracic artery releases potent nitric oxide and prostacyclin-independent anticontractile factor☆

(2007) Marcin Malinowski et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY