Advances in the relationship between leptin and hypertensive-left ventricular hypertrophy.
10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2015.07.018
- Author:
Didan HU
1
;
Tongtong XU
1
;
Jing LI
1
;
Wenyan WANG
1
;
Xiangwei LU
2
Author Information
1. VIP Ward, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin Guangxi 541001, China.
2. Department of Emergency, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin Guangxi 541001, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Adipose Tissue;
Cardiovascular Diseases;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular;
Insulin Resistance;
Leptin;
physiology;
Receptors, Leptin;
Renin-Angiotensin System;
Sympathetic Nervous System
- From:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
2015;40(7):811-815
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Leptin is a protein hormone produced mainly by obese gene and secreted by adipose tissue and exerts the biological effects through leptin receptors. With the progress in research on the function and receptor signal transduction related leptin and leptin resistance, it has been found that leptin is associated with the development and progression of many cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. Some studies have reported that leptin resistance is the pathologic basis for a variety of cardiovascular diseases. This paper will briefly review the advances in the study of correlation between leptin and hypertensive-left ventricular hypertrophy (HLVH), focusing on the relationship between leptin and various factors related to HLVH, such as sympathetic nervous system, renin angiotensin aldosterone system, growth factors, inflammatory factors and insulin resistance.
