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Reviewnpj metabolic health and disease2026

Muscle mass as a resilence factor for endothelial health in obesity.

David W Stepp, David J R Fulton

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Review in npj metabolic health and disease, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

David W SteppVascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA. dstepp@augusta.edu.
David J R FultonVascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.

Funding

Circadian origins of vascular disease in obesityR01HL147159 · NHLBI · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI FULTON, DAVID J, STEPP, DAVID W · 2019 to 2022
$2.7M
Skeletal Muscle Health Protects Vascular Function in ObesityR01HL176793 · NHLBI · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI David J Fulton, David W Stepp · 2025 to 2026
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS NIH R01 HL147159, R01 HL176793NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL147159NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL176793
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity remains the most common risk factor for cardiovascular disease in Western nations. While considerable effort has focused on identifying risk factors, which contribute to the increase incidence of complications and disease, an emerging concept is the existence of resilience factors, which mitigate disease. An important resilience factor gaining increased appreciation is the amount of skeletal muscle mass. In this review, we will explore how obesity increases the most-identified vascular component of metabolic vascular disease - endothelial dysfunction-how increases in muscle mass may protect vascular function in the obese population. This review advances the concept the obesity is less a disease of body mass than body composition which is reflected in the degree of negative vascular outcomes and may be of increased relevance in consideration of therapies that promote loss of muscle mass while reducing overall body size.

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PMID41629445
PMCPMC12864835

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