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B Lymphocytes and Adipose Tissue Inflammation.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 May 2020
Srikakulapu Prasad, McNamara Coleen A
Abstract excerpt
The immune system plays an important role in obesity-induced adipose tissue inflammation and the resultant metabolic dysfunction, which can lead to hypertension, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance and their downstream sequelae of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. While macrophages are the most abundant immune cell type in adipose tissue, other immune cells are also present, such as B cells,...
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