B Lymphocyte Stimulator (BLyS) is expressed in human adipocytes in vivo and is related to obesity but not to insulin resistance.

Inflammation and metabolism have been shown to be evolutionary linked and increasing evidence exists that pro-inflammatory factors are involved in the pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Until now, most data suggest that within adipose tissue these factors are secreted by cells of the innat...

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Main Authors: Nike Müller, Dominik M Schulte, Susann Hillebrand, Kathrin Türk, Jochen Hampe, Clemens Schafmayer, Mario Brosch, Witigo von Schönfels, Markus Ahrens, Rainald Zeuner, Johann O Schröder, Matthias Blüher, Christian Gutschow, Sandra Freitag-Wolf, Marta Stelmach-Mardas, Carina Saggau, Stefan Schreiber, Matthias Laudes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3984119?pdf=render