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Partial restoration of macrophage alteration from diet-induced obesity in response to Porphyromonas gingivalis infection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Richard Guilhem, Trivedi Niraj, Belta Calin, Amar Salomon
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is a chronic inflammatory disease that weakens macrophage innate immune response to infections. Since M1 polarization is crucial during acute infectious diseases, we hypothesized that diet-induced obesity inhibits M1 polarization of macrophages in the response to bacterial infections. Bone marrow macrophages (BMMΦ) from lean and obese mice were exposed to live Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) for...
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