The Claim
In patients with coronary artery disease, epicardial adipose tissue demonstrates significantly lower adiponectin gene expression and secretion and significantly higher leptin and interleukin-6 expression compared to subcutaneous and perivascular adipose tissue, indicating a pro-inflammatory adipokine profile.
What the research says
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In people with coronary artery disease, fat tissue surrounding the heart produces less adiponectin and more leptin and interleukin-6 than fat tissue under the skin or around blood vessels, resulting in a local environment with higher inflammatory signaling.
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In patients with coronary artery disease, epicardial adipose tissue exhibits significantly lower adiponectin gene expression and secretion compared to subcutaneous and perivascular adipose tissue, while showing higher leptin and interleukin-6 expression, suggesting a pro-inflammatory adipokine profile that may contribute to local atherogenesis.
When the heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen, the fat layer around it becomes stressed and starts producing less of a protective chemical and more of two inflammatory chemicals. These inflammatory chemicals spread to nearby blood vessels, damaging their inner lining, attracting immune cells, and speeding up the buildup of plaque.
What the research says
1 studyIn people with heart disease, the fat right around the heart makes less of a helpful anti-inflammatory chemical and more of two harmful inflammatory chemicals than fat elsewhere in the body, which may help explain why heart arteries get clogged.
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