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Adipose Tissue Macrophages: Amicus adipem?

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CELL METABOLISM
Volume 18, Issue 6, Pages 767-768

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.11.011

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  1. NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL076746] Funding Source: Medline
  2. NIAMS NIH HHS [DP1 AR064158] Funding Source: Medline
  3. NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK094641] Funding Source: Medline

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Chronic overnutrition drives complex adaptations within both professional metabolic and bystander tissues that, despite intense investigation, are still poorly understood. Xu et al. (2013) now describe the unexpected ability of adipose tissue macrophages to buffer lipids released from obese adipocytes in a manner independent of inflammatory macrophage activation.

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