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Macrophage-mediated inflammation in metabolic disease

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Chawla, Ajay, Nguyen, Khoa D., Goh, Y. P. Sharon·2011·Nature reviews. Immunology

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Metabolism and immunity are two fundamental systems of metazoans. The presence of immune cells, such as macrophages, in metabolic tissues suggests dynamic, ongoing crosstalk between these two regulatory systems. Here, we discuss how changes in the recruitment and activation of macrophages contribute to metabolic homeostasis. In particular, we focus our discussion on the pathogenic and protective functions of classically and alternatively activated macrophages, respectively, in experimental models of obesity and metabolic disease.

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  • The systemic proinflammatory state in obesity is driven by proinflammatory M1 macrophages and CD4+ Th1-cell infiltrates in adipose tissue.

    “which is driven by proinflammatory M1 Mφ and CD4+ Th1-cell infiltrates in adipose tissue (AT) [14]”

    From The Role of Exercise in the Interplay between Myokines, Hepatokines, Osteokines, Adipokines, and Modulation of Inflammation for Energy Substrate Redistribution and Fat Mass Loss: A Review (2020) · cites this paper as [14]

    The 'Inflammation and insulin resistance' section describes pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages in obese adipose tissue. Its 'T cell activation in obese adipose tissue' subsection reports accumulation of CD4+ Th1 cells and says their activity amplifies adipose-tissue inflammation. These passages support the local inflammatory mechanism, but do not establish that these infiltrates drive a systemic proinflammatory state. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • M1 macrophages secrete TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and chemokines that promote the influx of activated CD4+ Th1 cells.

    “M1 macrophages secrete TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and chemokines that promote the influx of activated CD4+ Th1 cells [14,20,239,248].”

    From The Role of Exercise in the Interplay between Myokines, Hepatokines, Osteokines, Adipokines, and Modulation of Inflammation for Energy Substrate Redistribution and Fat Mass Loss: A Review (2020) · cites this paper as [14]

    The ‘T cell activation in obese adipose tissue’ section says classically activated macrophages produce TNF-α and IL-1β and interact with CD4+ T cells. It does not identify IL-6 as one of their secretions or say macrophage-secreted chemokines drive Th1-cell influx; instead, it describes Th1-cell IFN-γ as contributing to macrophage activation. The ‘Chemotactic factors’ section discusses chemokine-mediated recruitment of monocytes and macrophages, not Th1 cells (page unavailable in our copy). (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Chawla, A., Nguyen, K. D., & Goh, Y. P. S.
Affiliations
University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
Chawla, Ajay
Venue
Nature reviews. Immunology
Published
2011-10-10
Volume
11
Issue
11
Pages
738-749
ISSN
  • 1474-1733 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1741
OpenAlex
W2040153748
Cited by
1,314
References
101
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Larry L. Hillblom Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health (DP1OD006415)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL076746, R01HL076746)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK081405, DK076760, R01DK076760, R01DK094641)
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (DP1AR064158)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Keywords
adipose tissue macrophages, macrophage polarization, M1/M2 macrophages, insulin resistance, obesity, metabolic disorders, inflammation, metabolic homeostasis, immune-metabolic crosstalk, macrophage recruitment
MeSH terms
Animals, Homeostasis, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Macrophage Activation, Macrophages, Obesity, Cytokines, Models, Immunological, Inflammation Mediators

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