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SUBMITTER: Han MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7022151 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200124 6
Obesity is associated with a chronic state of low-grade inflammation and progressive tissue infiltration by immune cells and increased expression of inflammatory cytokines. It is established that interleukin 6 (IL6) regulates multiple aspects of metabolism, including glucose disposal, lipolysis, oxidative metabolism, and energy expenditure. IL6 is secreted by many tissues, but the role of individual cell types is unclear. We tested the role of specific cells using a mouse model with conditional ...[more]