The heart 'talks' to fat cells, Temple scientists discover

Like sending a letter through the mail or a text over a cellular network, the heart can generate messages that travel long distances through the body. Those messages ultimately reach fat cells, new research by scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University shows. The findings could have implications for modulating weight gain in patients with heart failure.
Source: EurekaAlert, https://www.eurekalert.org