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ReviewNutrients2021

The Role of Obesity-Induced Perivascular Adipose Tissue (PVAT) Dysfunction in Vascular Homeostasis.

Agata Stanek, Klaudia Brożyna-Tkaczyk, Wojciech Myśliński

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Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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64citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Agata StanekDepartment and Clinic of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Batorego 15 Street, 41-902 Bytom, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6939-9898
Klaudia Brożyna-TkaczykChair and Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, Staszica 16 Street, 20-081 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4313-1353
Wojciech MyślińskiChair and Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, Staszica 16 Street, 20-081 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1134-5920
Medical University of Lublin · PLMedical University of Silesia · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is an additional special type of adipose tissue surrounding blood vessels. Under physiological conditions, PVAT plays a significant role in regulation of vascular tone, intravascular thermoregulation, and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation. PVAT is responsible for releasing adipocytes-derived relaxing factors (ADRF) and perivascular-derived relaxing factors (PDRF), which have anticontractile properties. Obesity induces increased oxidative stress, an inflammatory state, and hypoxia, which contribute to PVAT dysfunction. The exact mechanism of vascular dysfunction in obesity is still not well clarified; however, there are some pathways such as renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) disorders and PVAT-derived factor dysregulation, which are involved in hypertension and endothelial dysfunction development. Physical activity has a beneficial effect on PVAT function among obese patients by reducing the oxidative stress and inflammatory state. Diet, which is the second most beneficial non-invasive strategy in obesity treatment, may have a positive impact on PVAT-derived factors and may restore the balance in their concentration.

Indexed as

Adipose TissueBody Temperature RegulationEndothelium-Dependent Relaxing FactorsEndothelium, VascularHomeostasisHumansInflammationObesityOxidative StressRenin-Angiotensin SystemEndothelium-Dependent Relaxing Factorsendothelial dysfunctionexerciseobesityperivascular adipose tissue

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PMID34836100
PMCPMC8621306
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