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Visceral adipose tissue Tregs and the cells that nurture them
12 Mar 2020
Abstract excerpt
Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a primary site for storage of excess energy, but it also serves as an important endocrine organ that impacts organismal metabolism. Chronic, low-grade inflammation of VAT, and eventually systemically, is one of the major drivers of obesity-associated insulin resistance and metabolic abnormalities. A unique population of regulatory T cells (Tregs), with a distinct transcriptional...
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