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SUBMITTER: Son NH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2947216 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Son Ni-Huiping NH Yu Shuiqing S Tuinei Joseph J Arai Kotaro K Hamai Hiroko H Homma Shunichi S Shulman Gerald I GI Abel E Dale ED Goldberg Ira J IJ
The Journal of clinical investigation 20100913 10
Excess lipid accumulation in the heart is associated with decreased cardiac function in humans and in animal models. The reasons are unclear, but this is generally believed to result from either toxic effects of intracellular lipids or excessive fatty acid oxidation (FAO). PPARγ expression is increased in the hearts of humans with metabolic syndrome, and use of PPARγ agonists is associated with heart failure. Here, mice with dilated cardiomyopathy due to cardiomyocyte PPARγ overexpression were c ...[more]