Complex diseases are caused by a combination of genetic, lifestyle, and environmental
factors and comprise common noncommunicable diseases, including allergies …

Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is an emerging biomedical imaging technique with the features
of non‐invasiveness and non‐ionization. It takes advantage of the photothermal effect of PA …

Background Identifying and reducing cardiometabolic risks driven by obesity remains a
healthcare challenge. The metabolic syndrome is associated with abdominal obesity and …

Ceramides are a heterogeneous group of bioactive membrane sphingolipids that play
specialized regulatory roles in cellular metabolism depending on their characteristic fatty …

The global prevalence of obesity has more than doubled over the past four decades,
currently affecting more than a billion individuals. Beyond its recognition as a high-risk …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanosized vesicles with a lipid bilayer that are released from
cells of the cardiovascular system, and are considered important mediators of intercellular …

Obesity is a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor, but adipose tissue (AT) depots in humans
are anatomically, histologically, and functionally heterogeneous. For example, visceral AT is …

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) remains the leading cause of global
mortality. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small phospholipid vesicles that convey molecular …

Insulin is the master regulator of glucose, lipid, and protein metabolism. Following ingestion
of an oral glucose load or mixed meal, the plasma glucose concentration rises, insulin …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) can contain DNA, RNA, proteins and metabolic molecules from
primary origins; they are coated with a phospholipid bilayer membrane and released by …