Interorgan lipid transport occurs via lipoproteins, and altered lipoprotein levels correlate with metabolic disease.
Wilhelm Palm, Julio L Sampaio, Marko Brankatschk, Maria Carvalho, Ali Mahmoud, AndrejShevchenko, Suzanne Eaton 2012, 'Lipoproteins in Drosophila melanogaster--assembly, function, and influence on tissuelipid composition.', PLoS Geneticshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3406001?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Once disrupted, this complex interorgan communication may promote the onset and the progression of cardiovascular diseases.
Carlo Dal Lin, Francesco Tona, Elena Osto 2015, 'Coronary Microvascular Function and Beyond: The Crosstalk between Hormones, Cytokines,and Neurotransmitters', International Journal of Endocrinologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/312848. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
But different organs also have to support the metabolic homeostasis of the organism as a whole by interorgan metabolite transport.
Xiao Cui, Lars Geffers, Gregor Eichele, Jun Yan 2014, 'A Computational Approach to Estimate Interorgan Metabolic Transport in a Mammal',PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0100963. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)