TY - JOUR AU - Martínez Martínez, Ernesto AU - Jurado López, Raquel AU - Valero Muñoz, María AU - Bartolomé Pascual, María Visitación AU - Ballesteros Rodrigálvarez, Sandra María AU - Luaces Méndez, María AU - Briones, Ana María AU - López Andrés, Natalia AU - Miana, María AU - Cachofeiro Ramos, María Victoria PY - 2014 DO - 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000149 SN - 0263-6352 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115765 T2 - Journal of Hypertension AB - Objective: Leptin acts as a cardiac profibrotic factor. However, the mechanisms underlying this effect are unclear. Therefore, we sought to elucidate the mediators involved in this process and the potential role of leptin in cardiac fibrosis... LA - eng PB - Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins KW - cardiac myofibroblasts KW - fibrosis KW - galectin-3 KW - leptin KW - mTOR pathway KW - obesity KW - oxidative stress TI - Leptin induces cardiac fibrosis through galectin-3, mTOR and oxidative stress: potential role in obesity TY - journal article VL - 32 ER -