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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Marjan van Erk
PROVIDER: E-TABM-524 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Verschuren Lars L Kooistra Teake T Bernhagen Jürgen J Voshol Peter J PJ Ouwens D Margriet DM van Erk Marjan M de Vries-van der Weij Jitske J Leng Lin L van Bockel J Hajo JH van Dijk Ko Willems KW Fingerle-Rowson Günter G Bucala Rick R Kleemann Robert R
Circulation research 20090528 1
Chronic inflammation in white adipose tissue (WAT) is positively associated with obesity, insulin resistance (IR) and the development of type 2 diabetes. The proinflammatory cytokine MIF (macrophage migration inhibitory factor) is an essential, upstream component of the inflammatory cascade. This study examines whether MIF is required for the development of obesity, IR, glucose intolerance, and atherosclerosis in the LDL receptor-deficient (Ldlr(-/-)) mouse model of disease. Ldlr(-/-) mice devel ...[more]