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SUBMITTER: Park YS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5002490 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Ye Seul YS Uddin Md Jamal MJ Piao Lingjuan L Hwang Inah I Lee Jung Hwa JH Ha Hunjoo H
Mediators of inflammation 20160815
Macrophages are important components of adipose tissue inflammation, which results in metabolic diseases such as insulin resistance. Notably, obesity induces a proinflammatory phenotypic switch in adipose tissue macrophages, and oxidative stress facilitates this switch. Thus, we examined the role of endogenous catalase, a key regulator of oxidative stress, in the activity of adipose tissue macrophages in obese mice. Catalase knockout (CKO) exacerbated insulin resistance, amplified oxidative stre ...[more]