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• Reduced adipose tissue inflammation represents an intermediate cardiometabolic phenotype in obesity.

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• Vascular generation of tumor necrosis factor-α reduces nitric oxide availability in small arteries from visceral fat of obese patients.

  Virdis A, Santini F, Colucci R, Duranti E, Salvetti G, Rugani I, Segnani C, Anselmino M, Bernardini N, Blandizzi C, Salvetti A, Pinchera A, Taddei S. Virdis A, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Jul 12;58(3):238-47. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.01.050. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011. PMID: 21737013
• Coronary atherosclerosis is associated with macrophage polarization in epicardial adipose tissue.

  Hirata Y, Tabata M, Kurobe H, Motoki T, Akaike M, Nishio C, Higashida M, Mikasa H, Nakaya Y, Takanashi S, Igarashi T, Kitagawa T, Sata M. Hirata Y, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Jul 12;58(3):248-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.01.048. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011. PMID: 21737014