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“Adipose tissue responds to overnutrition by mounting an immune response.” The resulting inflammation induces insulin resistance.

When people gain weight, their adipose tissue expands, which gradually leads to its inflammation, and to insulin resistance. Normal adipose tissue function is disrupted, and it starts to release ...

The findings were published in Journal of Translational Medicine. When people gain weight, their adipose tissue expands, which gradually leads to its inflammation, and to insulin resistance.

Mac1 were resident to the tissue in both lean mice on a normal diet and obese mice. Mac2 and Mac3, which were identified by their pro-inflammatory genes, peaked after eight weeks of the high-fat diet.