Adiponectin is the richest adipokine in human plasma, and it is mainly secreted from white
adipose tissue. Adiponectin circulates in blood as high-molecular, middle-molecular, and …

Inflammation is an essential immune response for the maintenance of tissue homeostasis. In
a general sense, acute and chronic inflammation are different types of adaptive response …

Adipokines are cell-signaling proteins secreted by adipose tissue that has been related to a
low-grade state of inflammation and different pathologies. The present review aims to …

The ongoing worldwide increase in life expectancy portends a rising prevalence of age-
related cardiovascular (CV) diseases in the coming decades that demands a deeper …

Leptin, an adipokine that is implicated in the control of food intake via appetite suppression,
may also stimulate oxidative stress, inflammation, thrombosis, arterial stiffness …

The pro-inflammatory state of the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is supposed to accelerate
cardiovascular (CV) and metabolic diseases in obese subjects. Some studies have recently …

AbStrACt Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a new kind of
hypoglycemic drugs that improve glucose homeostasis by inhibiting renal glucose …

Vascular diseases of the elderly are a topic of enormous interest in clinical practice, as they
have great epidemiological significance and lead to ever-increasing healthcare …

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. The inflammation response during and after AMI is common and seems to play a …

Obesity is considered an abnormal or excessive accumulation of adipose tissue, due to a
prolonged positive energy balance that arises when energy intake is greater than energy …