HARRY L. SMITH's scientific contributions

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Article
The diagnosis of fatty heart was frequently made by clinicians in the past generation, but in recent years investigators have, to a large extent, avoided the problem. Considerable confusion has arisen from the use of such terms as fatty degeneration, fatty infiltration, fatty metamorphosis, adiposity of the heart (cor adiposum or adipositas cordis)...

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... This is mainly explained by a systemic low-grade inflammatory state in obesity. [9][10][11][12] The hormones and cytokines implicated in the inflammatory hypothesis include angiotensinogen (AGT), transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα), and interleukin six (IL-6) (Fig. 2). In individuals with obesity, these mediators exhibit heightened levels and demonstrate significant correlations with various indicators of adipocyte mass. ...