Bacterial translocation - impact on the adipocyte compartment

Over the last decade it became broadly recognized that adipokines and thus the fat tissue compartment exert a regulatory function on the immune system. Our own group described the pro-inflammatory function of the adipokine leptin within intestinal inflammation in a variety of animal models. Followin...

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Main Authors: Tassilo eKruis, Arvind eBatra, Britta eSiegmund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00510/full