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Caspase-12, but Not Caspase-11, Inhibits Obesity and Insulin Resistance.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jan 2016
Skeldon Alexander M, Morizot Alexandre, Douglas Todd, Santoro Nicola, Kursawe Romy, Kozlitina Julia, Caprio Sonia, Mehal Wajahat Z, Saleh Maya
Abstract excerpt
Inflammation is well established to significantly impact metabolic diseases. The inflammatory protease caspase-1 has been implicated in metabolic dysfunction; however, a potential role for the related inflammatory caspases is currently unknown. In this study, we investigated a role for caspase-11 and caspase-12 in obesity and insulin resistance. Loss of caspase-12 in two independently generated mouse strains...
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