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Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets

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ISSN (Print): 1871-5303
ISSN (Online): 2212-3873

Molecular Determinants of the Cardiometabolic Phenotype

Author(s): Lisa de las Fuentes, Giovanni de Simone, Donna K. Arnett and Victor G. Davila-Roman

Volume 10, Issue 2, 2010

Page: [109 - 123] Pages: 15

DOI: 10.2174/187153010791213119

Price: $65

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Abstract

The metabolic syndrome represents a clustering of risk factors that has been shown to predict adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Although the precise mechanisms contributing to the cardiometabolic syndrome (CMS) remain poorly defined, accumulating evidence identifies two intersecting candidate pathways responsible for inflammation and energy homeostasis in the pathophysiology that underlie cardiometabolic traits. Although currently no pharmacologic interventions specifically target CMS, future drug development efforts should attempt to capitalize on molecular nodes at the intersections of these pathways in the CMS.

Keywords: Metabolic syndrome, cardiometabolic syndrome, substrate metabolism, inflammation, obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, dyslipidemia

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