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Inflamed about obesity

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Two studies find that adipocytes and macrophages have more in common than previously thought. The work bolsters the notion that the inflammatory response might link obesity to afflictions such as diabetes.

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Figure 1: Convergence of macrophage and adipocyte functions in obesity and metabolic syndrome.

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  1. Division of Endocrinology, Departments of Medicine and Genetics, Diabetes, and Metabolism, and The Penn Diabetes Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 19104, Pennsylvania, USA

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