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Bone marrow transplantation as an established approach for understanding the role of macrophages in atherosclerosis and the metabolic syndrome.
Current opinion in lipidology - 1 Apr 2012
Aparicio-Vergara Marcela, Shiri-Sverdlov Ronit, Koonen Debby P Y, Hofker Marten H
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) technology is a firmly established tool for studying atherosclerosis. Only recently it is helping us to understand the inflammatory mechanisms leading to the development of obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Here we review the use of BMT as a tool for studying the metabolic syndrome. RECENT FINDINGS: Bone marrow-derived cells, and particularly...
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