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Attenuation of obesity-induced adipose tissue inflammation in C3H/HeJ mice carrying a Toll-like receptor 4 mutation.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 2 Mar 2007
Suganami Takayoshi, Mieda Tae, Itoh Michiko, Shimoda Yuri, Kamei Yasutomi, Ogawa Yoshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Obese adipose tissue is characterized by increased infiltration of macrophages, suggesting that they might represent an important source of inflammation. We have provided in vitro evidence that saturated fatty acids, which are released from hypertrophied adipocytes via the macrophage-induced adipocyte lipolysis, serve as a naturally occurring ligand for Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) to induce the inflammatory...
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