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Gut-Specific Delivery of T-Helper 17 Cells Reduces Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Mice.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2017
Hong Chun-Pyo, Park Areum, Yang Bo-Gie, Yun Chang Ho, Kwak Min-Jung, Lee Gil-Woo, Kim Jung-Hwan, Jang Min Seong, Lee Eun-Jung, Jeun Eun-Ji, You Gihoon, Kim Kwang Soon, Choi Youngwoo, Park Ji-Hwan, Hwang Daehee, Im Sin-Hyeog, Kim Jihyun F, Kim Yoon-Keun, Seoh Ju-Young, Surh Charles D, Kim You-Me, Jang Myoung Ho
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Obesity and metabolic syndrome have been associated with alterations to the intestinal microbiota. However, few studies examined the effects of obesity on the intestinal immune system. We investigated changes in subsets of intestinal CD4+ T-helper (TH) cells with obesity and the effects of gut-tropic TH17 cells in mice on a high-fat diet (HFD). METHODS: We isolated immune cells from small...
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