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. 2015 Apr 22;6:124. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00124

Figure 6.

Figure 6

A schematic representation of the cardioprotective role of exercise on high fat diet mediated cardiac dysfunction. High fat diet leads to obesity, which enhances the systemic inflammation (TNF-α) and causes fibrosis leading to cardiac dysfunction. Exercise decreases high fat diet induced obesity, upregulates anti-inflammatory IL-10, which reduces inflammation, mitigates fibrosis, and ameliorates cardiac dysfunction.