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OBESITY A complex role for adipose tissue macrophages

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NATURE REVIEWS ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 193-194

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2014.12

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  1. NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK060591] Funding Source: Medline

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Increased infiltration of adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) and their subsequent inflammatory effects are implicated in the development of insulin resistance among individuals with obesity. Interestingly, new data published in Cell Metabolism suggest that ATMs might also have important noninflammatory roles in lipid trafficking and its metabolic consequences.

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