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Getting away from glucose: fanning the flames of obesity-induced inflammation

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The complex processes linking obesity to its deleterious health consequences are finally being unraveled. Inflammation is receiving increased attention for its potential role in the pathogenesis of disorders ranging from insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes to fatty liver and cardiovascular disease.

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  1. Steven E. Shoelson and Allison B. Goldfine are at the Joslin Diabetes Center & Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. steven.shoelson@joslin.harvard.edu,

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Shoelson, S., Goldfine, A. Getting away from glucose: fanning the flames of obesity-induced inflammation. Nat Med 15, 373–374 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0409-373

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