Perivascular Adipose Tissue (PVAT) in Health and Disease

• Main Author: Maik Gollasch (auth)
• Other Authors: Stephanie W. Watts (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Physiology; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular disease; contractility; vein graft; aging; PVAT; hypertension; obesity
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In 1991, Soltis and Cassis (Clin Exp Hypertens A 1991 13:277-296) published the first paper that the fat tissue around an artery - perivascular adipose tissue or PVAT - changed how the artery contracted to norepinephrine. Followed later by important work showing that PVAT itself contained vasoactive...