Osteopontin is a key player for local adipose tissue macrophage proliferation in obesity
Objective: Recent findings point towards an important role of local macrophage proliferation also in obesity-induced adipose tissue inflammation that underlies insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Osteopontin (OPN) is an inflammatory cytokine highly upregulated in adipose tissue (AT) of obese and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-11-01
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| Series: | Molecular Metabolism |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212877816301405 |