Downregulation of macrophage Irs2 by hyperinsulinemia impairs IL-4-indeuced M2a-subtype macrophage activation in obesity

Obesity is associated with low-grade chronic inflammation. Here the authors show that the activation of anti-inflammatory M2a-subtype macrophages requires the IL4/Irs2/Akt pathway. Due to decreased Irs2 expression this pathway is impaired in obese mice thus leading to a defect in M2a activation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tetsuya Kubota, Mariko Inoue, Naoto Kubota, Iseki Takamoto, Tomoka Mineyama, Kaito Iwayama, Kumpei Tokuyama, Masao Moroi, Kohjiro Ueki, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Takashi Kadowaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07358-9