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CD36 deficiency rescues lipotoxic cardiomyopathy.
Circulation research - 27 Apr 2007
Yang John, Sambandam Nandakumar, Han Xianlin, Gross Richard W, Courtois Michael, Kovacs Attila, Febbraio Maria, Finck Brian N, Kelly Daniel P
Abstract excerpt
Obesity-related diabetes mellitus leads to increased myocardial uptake of fatty acids (FAs), resulting in a form of cardiac dysfunction referred to as lipotoxic cardiomyopathy. We have shown previously that chronic activation of the FA-activated nuclear receptor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha), is sufficient to drive the metabolic and functional abnormalities of the diabetic heart....
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