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Laura Nuñez

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Insulin resistance aggravates atherosclerosis by reducing vascular smooth muscle cell survival and increasing CX3CL1/CX3CR1 axis.

2014

Aims Insulin resistance (IR) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis. Life-threatening acute events are mainly due to rupture of unstable plaques, and the role of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in this process in IR, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and metabolic syndrome (T2DM/MetS) has not been fully addressed. Therefore, the role of VSMC survival in the generation of unstable plaques in T2DM/MetS and the involvement of inflammatory mediators was investigated. Methods and results Defective insulin receptor substrate 2 (IRS2)-mediated signalling produced insulin-resistant VSMCs with reduced survival, migration, and higher apoptosis than control cells. Silencing…

medicine.medical_specialtyVascular smooth musclePhysiologyCell Survivalmedicine.medical_treatmentMyocytes Smooth MuscleCX3C Chemokine Receptor 1InflammationMice TransgenicBiologyMuscle Smooth VascularInsulin resistanceApolipoproteins EPhysiology (medical)Internal medicinemedicineAnimalsHumansProtein kinase BPI3K/AKT/mTOR pathwayCells CulturedMice KnockoutChemokine CX3CL1Insulinmedicine.diseaseAtherosclerosisIRS2Mice Inbred C57BLAtheromaEndocrinologyDiabetes Mellitus Type 2cardiovascular systemReceptors Chemokinemedicine.symptomInsulin ResistanceCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSignal TransductionCardiovascular research
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INACTIVATION OF HEPATIC LIPASE DECREASES ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN A MOUSE MODEL OF INSULIN RESISTANCE

2014

medicine.medical_specialtyInsulin resistanceEndocrinologyChemistryInternal medicinemedicineHepatic lipaseCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicinemedicine.disease
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