Inflammatory cytokines in general and central obesity and modulating effects of physical activity.

Chronic systemic inflammation in obesity originates from local immune responses in visceral adipose tissue. However, assessment of a broad range of inflammation-mediating cytokines and their relationship to physical activity and adipometrics has scarcely been reported to date.To characterize the pro...

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Main Authors: Frank M Schmidt, Julia Weschenfelder, Christian Sander, Juliane Minkwitz, Julia Thormann, Tobias Chittka, Roland Mergl, Kenneth C Kirkby, Mathias Faßhauer, Michael Stumvoll, Lesca M Holdt, Daniel Teupser, Ulrich Hegerl, Hubertus Himmerich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4363366?pdf=render