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A new "immunological" role for adipocytes in obesity
Zuzana Hruskova1, Subhra K Biswas
1Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A(∗)STAR), #04-01 Immunos, 8A Biomedical Grove, Singapore 138648, Singapore.
Cell Metabolism
|March 12, 2013
Abstract:
Obesity-induced insulin resistance is associated with low-grade adipose tissue inflammation, but the mechanism driving this process remains unclear. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, a study by Deng et al. (2013) demonstrates a direct immunological role of adipocytes in instigating adipose inflammation via a MHCII-dependent process.
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