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Thrombin promotes diet-induced obesity through fibrin-driven inflammation.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Aug 2017
Kopec Anna K, Abrahams Sara R, Thornton Sherry, Palumbo Joseph S, Mullins Eric S, Divanovic Senad, Weiler Hartmut, Owens A Phillip, Mackman Nigel, Goss Ashley, van Ryn Joanne, Luyendyk James P, Flick Matthew J
Abstract excerpt
Obesity promotes a chronic inflammatory and hypercoagulable state that drives cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, and several cancers. Elevated thrombin activity underlies obesity-linked thromboembolic events, but the mechanistic links between the thrombin/fibrin(ogen) axis and obesity-associated pathologies are incompletely understood. In this work, immunohistochemical studies...
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