Eicosanoids and renal damage in cardiometabolic syndrome

Obesity, hypertension and Type 2 diabetes are major contributing factors to the increase in the number of patients that have chronic kidney disease. The clustering of visceral obesity and cardiovascular risk factors has been designated metabolic syndrome or cardiometabolic syndrome. Cardiometabolic syndrome is associated with a complex systemic inflammatory state that has been implicated in medically important complications, including...