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The involvement of neuroimmune cells in adipose innervation.
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) - 9 Dec 2020
Blaszkiewicz Magdalena, Wood Elizabeth, Koizar Sigi, Willows Jake, Anderson Ryan, Tseng Yu-Hua, Godwin James, Townsend Kristy L
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BACKGROUND: Innervation of adipose tissue is essential for the proper function of this critical metabolic organ. Numerous surgical and chemical denervation studies have demonstrated how maintenance of brain-adipose communication through both sympathetic efferent and sensory afferent nerves helps regulate adipocyte size, cell number, lipolysis, and 'browning' of white adipose tissue. Neurotrophic factors are...
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