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IKKε: A Bridge between Obesity and Inflammation

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CELL
Volume 138, Issue 5, Pages 834-836

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.08.018

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  1. NICHD NIH HHS [U54 HD012303, P50 HD012303] Funding Source: Medline

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Obesity leads to tissue inflammation and insulin resistance, which are features of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Chiang et al. (2009) now show that the I kappa B kinase IKK epsilon is an important link between obesity and inflammation and may be a new therapeutic target for treating obesity-related metabolic diseases.

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