Cardiospecific CD36 suppression by lentivirus-mediated RNA interference prevents cardiac hypertrophy and systolic dysfunction in high-fat-diet induced obese mice

1 Department of Cardiology, Wuhan University, Renmin Hospital, 238 Jiefang Road, Wuhan 430060, Peoples Republic of China

2 Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Road, Wuhan 430060, Peoples Republic of China

3 Central Laboratory of Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Road, Wuhan 430060, Peoples Republic of China

4 Department of Ultrasonography, Wuhan University, Renmin Hospital, 238 Jiefang Road, Wuhan 430060, Peoples Republic of China

5 Department of Oncology, Wuhan University, Renmin Hospital, 238 Jiefang Road, Wuhan 430060, Peoples Republic of China

6 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Wuhan University, Renmin Hospital, 238 Jiefang Road, Wuhan 430060, Peoples Republic of China