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The obesity and inflammatory marker haptoglobin attracts monocytes via interaction with chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 2 (CCR2)

BACKGROUND: 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...

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Autores principales: Maffei, Margherita, Funicello, Marcella, Vottari, Teresa, Gamucci, Olimpia, Costa, Mario, Lisi, Simonetta, Viegi, Alessandro, Ciampi, Osele, Bardi, Giuseppe, Vitti, Paolo, Pinchera, Aldo, Santini, Ferruccio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2809058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20017911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-7-87