| Literature DB >> 23863720 |
Daniel Har1, Michelle Carey, Meredith Hawkins.
Abstract
The current epidemic of obesity is fueling a global rise in non-communicable diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, atherothrombotic disease, and cancer. Obesity is associated with systemic inflammation, with various fat-derived inflammatory factors being implicated in the pathophysiology of insulin resistance. The infiltration of various types of inflammatory cells into adipose tissue seems to be an important mechanism whereby nutrient excess contributes to systemic insulin resistance. In particular, adipose tissue macrophages are abundant in obese adipose tissue, and may be the source of the majority of fat-derived circulating inflammatory factors. This review examines recent studies exploring mechanisms whereby cellular and nutritional signals mediate macrophage recruitment to adipose tissue and their pro-inflammatory activation.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23863720 PMCID: PMC3755875 DOI: 10.2310/JIM.0b013e31829ceb39
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Investig Med ISSN: 1081-5589 Impact factor: 2.895