VEGF in the Crosstalk between Human Adipocytes and Smooth Muscle Cells: Depot-Specific Release from Visceral and Perivascular Adipose Tissue

• Main Authors: Raphaela Schlich (Author), Miriam Willems (Author), Sabrina Greulich (Author), Florian Ruppe (Author), Wolfram Trudo Knoefel (Author), D. Margriet Ouwens (Author), Bujar Maxhera (Author), Artur Lichtenberg (Author), Jürgen Eckel (Author), Henrike Sell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Adipose tissue secrets adipokines and fatty acids, which may contribute to obesity-associated vascular dysfunction and cardiovascular risk. This study investigated which factors are responsible for the synergistic effect of adipokine and oleic acid- (OA-) induced proliferation of human vascular smoo...