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A humanized osteopontin mouse model and its application in immunometabolic obesity studies.
Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Dec 2016
Grün Nicole G, Zeyda Karina, Moreno-Viedma Veronica, Strohmeier Karin, Staffler Günther, Zeyda Maximilian, Stulnig Thomas M
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Osteopontin (OPN) is a multifunctional protein involved in several inflammatory processes and pathogeneses including obesity-related disorders and cancer. OPN binds to a variety of integrin receptors and CD44 resulting in a proinflammatory stimulus. Therefore, OPN constitutes a novel interesting target to develop new therapeutic strategies, which counteract OPN's proinflammatory properties. We established a...
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