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Macrophage-specific PPARgamma controls alternative activation and improves insulin resistance.
Nature - 28 Jun 2007
Odegaard Justin I, Ricardo-Gonzalez Roberto R, Goforth Matthew H, Morel Christine R, Subramanian Vidya, Mukundan Lata, Red Eagle Alex, Vats Divya, Brombacher Frank, Ferrante Anthony W, Chawla Ajay
Abstract excerpt
Obesity and insulin resistance, the cardinal features of metabolic syndrome, are closely associated with a state of low-grade inflammation. In adipose tissue chronic overnutrition leads to macrophage infiltration, resulting in local inflammation that potentiates insulin resistance. For instance,...
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