Article
Adipose tissue NK cells manifest an activated phenotype in human obesity.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Nov 2013
O'Rourke Robert W, Gaston Garen D, Meyer Kevin A, White Ashley E, Marks Daniel L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Adipose tissue inflammation is a cause of obesity-related metabolic disease. Natural killer (NK) cells are an understudied cell type in the context of obesity. The goal of this study was to determine the phenotype of human adipose tissue NK cells. METHODS: We used flow cytometry phenotyping to study adipose tissue and peripheral blood NK cells from obese and lean humans. RESULTS: Human adipose tissue...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
