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Free fatty acid oxidation in insulin resistance and obesity.

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: The growing worldwide epidemic of obesity and diabetes portends a significant increase in cardiovascular disease. Obesity is associated with insulin resistance, and there is growing evidence that these conditions independently increase the risk of heart failure. Changes in myocardial substrate utilization develop in obesity and insulin resistance, and are characterized by increased fatty acid oxidation and utilization, and decreased glucose utilization. This paper will review the evidence for altered myocardial fatty acid utilization in obesity and insulin resistance, review mechanisms that are responsible, and discuss the relative contributions of systemic and myocardial insulin resistance in the regulation of fatty acid utilization in the heart.

Source: PubMed

Author: E Dale Abel

Institution: University of Utah

Language: English

Topic: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Award: Modeling Diabetic Cardiomyopathy and Microangiopathy