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Isolation of Adipose Tissue Immune Cells
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Isolation of Adipose Tissue Immune Cells

Published on: May 22, 2013

Adipocytes: Hidden forces of the immune system?

Julia Zinngrebe1, Konstantin M J Sparrer2, Pamela Fischer-Posovszky3

  • 1Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, 89075 Ulm, Germany.

Cell Metabolism
|September 23, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
adipocyteadipocyte immunityadipose tissueantimicrobial activitybarrier immunityhost defenseinfectioninnate immunitymetabolic immunitypathogen sensing

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