The Claim
Adiponectin secretion from epicardial adipose tissue is significantly lower in patients with coronary artery disease compared to patients with valvular heart disease, despite comparable gene expression levels in subcutaneous adipose tissue.
What the research says
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People with coronary artery disease have less adiponectin released from fat around the heart than people with valvular heart disease, even though the fat cells in their skin show similar levels of the same genetic signals.
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Adiponectin secretion from epicardial adipose tissue is significantly lower in patients with coronary artery disease than in patients with valvular heart disease, despite similar gene expression levels in subcutaneous fat, suggesting a depot-specific loss of cardioprotective signaling.
When blood flow to the heart muscle is reduced, the fat surrounding the heart becomes starved of oxygen. This stress causes fat cells in that area to stop producing a protective molecule called adiponectin and instead start releasing more inflammatory signals like leptin and interleukin-6. These signals spread to nearby blood vessels, causing damage and promoting plaque buildup. This change happens only in the fat around the heart, not in fat elsewhere in the body.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that the fat around the heart in people with coronary artery disease releases less of a protective molecule called adiponectin than the same fat in people with heart valve problems — even though fat elsewhere in the body makes similar amounts. This suggests the heart’s fat behaves differently in heart disease.
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