Cathelicidin suppresses lipid accumulation and hepatic steatosis by inhibition of the CD36 receptor

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Obesity is a global epidemic which increases the risk of the metabolic syndrome. Cathelicidin (LL-37 and mCRAMP) is an antimicrobial peptide with an unknown role in obesity. We hypothesize that cathelicidin expression correlates with obesity and modulates fat mass and hepa...

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Autores principales: Tran, Deanna Hoang-Yen, Tran, Diana Hoang-Ngoc, Mattai, S. Anjani, Sallam, Tamer, Ortiz, Christina, Lee, Elaine C., Robbins, Lori, Ho, Samantha, Lee, Jung Eun, Fisseha, Elizabeth, Shieh, Christine, Sideri, Aristea, Shih, David Q, Fleshner, Philip, McGovern, Dermot PB, Vu, Michelle, Hing, Tressia C., Bakirtzi, Kyriaki, Cheng, Michelle, Su, Bowei, Law, Ivy, Karagiannides, Iordanes, Targan, Stephan R., Gallo, Richard L., Li, Zhaoping, Koon, Hon Wai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5014693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27163748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2016.90

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