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Isolation of Adipose Tissue Immune Cells
Published on: May 22, 2013
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A FAsT contribution: Adipocytes rewire their metabolism to acquire immune functions
Takumi Kobayashi1, Dirk Brenner2
1Experimental and Molecular Immunology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; Immunology and Genetics, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 7 Avenue des Hauts Fourneaux, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Cell Metabolism
|May 4, 2022
Abstract:
Adipose tissue has been linked to inflammation and various physiological processes. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Caputa et al. describe that perinodal adipocytes adapt their metabolism to actively participate in an immune response against intracellular Listeria monocytogenes.

