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The obesity and inflammatory marker haptoglobin attracts monocytes via interaction with chemokine

The obesity and inflammatory marker haptoglobin attracts monocytes via interaction with chemokine

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The obesity and inflammatory marker haptoglobin attracts monocytes via interaction with chemokine

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The obesity and inflammatory marker haptoglobin attracts monocytes via interaction with chemokine

Publisher

BioMed Central Ltd

Journal title

BMC biology, 2009-12, Vol.7, p.87

Language

English

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BioMed Central Ltd

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Contents

Obesity is a chronic low inflammatory state. In the obesity condition the white adipose tissue (WAT) is massively infiltrated with monocytes/macrophages, and the nature of the signals recruiting these inflammatory cells has yet to be fully elucidated. Haptoglobin (Hp) is an inflammatory marker and its expression is induced in the WAT of obese subje...

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The obesity and inflammatory marker haptoglobin attracts monocytes via interaction with chemokine

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TN_cdi_gale_infotracacademiconefile_A216990203

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_infotracacademiconefile_A216990203

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ISSN

1741-7007

E-ISSN

1741-7007

DOI

10.1186/1741-7007-7-87

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