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ReviewVascular health and risk management2026

Obesity-Associated Cardiac Fibrosis: Mechanisms and Emerging Therapeutic Targets.

Dan Zhou, Yingxin Tan, Jing Zhao, Shuping Wang, Zheng Wang, Ming Bai, Xiaowei Niu, Zheng Zhang

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Review in Vascular health and risk management, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Dan Zhou *The First Clinical Medical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.
Yingxin Tan *Department of Vascular Surgery, General Surgery, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.
Jing ZhaoHeart Center, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.
Shuping WangThe First Clinical Medical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.
Zheng WangGansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0009-0000-0600-5740
Ming BaiHeart Center, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.
Xiaowei NiuHeart Center, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.
Zheng ZhangHeart Center, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity and cardiovascular disease are major, globally prevalent, and closely interrelated health challenges. Cardiac fibrosis represents the common pathological endpoint of multiple cardiac diseases. This review systematically synthesizes the mechanisms underlying obesity‑related cardiac fibrosis. It elaborates on how inflammatory factors, cytokines, and miRNAs, acting on adipose tissue and cardiac cells, drive a series of biological processes-including oxidative stress, activation of the renin‑angiotensin‑aldosterone system, autophagy dysregulation, and metabolic dysfunction-ultimately leading to obesity‑associated cardiomyopathy characterized by ventricular remodeling, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation. Potential therapeutic targets for this condition are also examined. Furthermore, this review discusses potential therapeutic targets for this condition, which will provide a critical theoretical foundation for the development of novel strategies aimed at preventing or even reversing obesity‑related fibrotic heart disease.

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CardiomyopathiesMyocardiumObesityAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAutophagyCytokinesFibrosisHumansInflammation MediatorsMolecular Targeted TherapyOxidative StressRenin-Angiotensin SystemSignal TransductionAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCytokinesInflammation Mediatorsautophagycardiac dysfunctioncardiac fibrosiscytokineinflammationobesityRAAS

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