Review

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2006) 3, 35-42
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0380  
Received 10 June 2005 | Accepted 13 September 2005

Therapy Insight: adipocytokines in metabolic syndrome and related cardiovascular disease

Yuji Matsuzawa

Correspondence Sumitomo Hospital, 5-3-20 Nakanoshima, Kita-KU, Osaka 530-0005, Japan

Email
 matsuzawa-yuji@sumitomo-hp.or.jp

The relationship between cardiovascular disease and the metabolic syndrome is now well known but is not yet fully elucidated. In this review, Yuji Matsuzawa discusses the role of intra-abdominal visceral fat accumulation and the release of bioactive substances termed adipocytokines in the development of disorders contributing to the metabolic syndrome.

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