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Review
. 2017 May:315:18-26.
doi: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2017.03.001. Epub 2017 Mar 7.

Role of immune cells in obesity induced low grade inflammation and insulin resistance

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Role of immune cells in obesity induced low grade inflammation and insulin resistance

Ambreen Asghar et al. Cell Immunol. 2017 May.

Abstract

The frequency of obesity is enormously growing worldwide. Obesity results when energy intake exceeds, energy expenditure. Excess adiposity is a major risk factor in the progress of various metabolic disorders accounting insulin resistance, hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, polycystic ovarian disease and several types of cancers. Obesity is characterized by pro-inflammatory condition in which hypertrophied adipose tissue along with immune cells contribute to increase the level of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Immune cells are the key players in inducing low grade chronic inflammation in obesity and are main factor responsible for pathogenesis of insulin resistance resulting Type 2 diabetes. The current review is aimed to investigate the mechanism of pro-inflammatory responses and insulin resistance involving immune cells and their products in obesity.

Keywords: Adipose tissues; Immune cells; Inflammation; Insulin resistance; Obesity.

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