Obesity Activates a Program of Lysosomal-Dependent Lipid Metabolism in Adipose Tissue Macrophages Independently of Classic Activation
Xu X, Grijalva A, Skowronski A, van Eijk M, Serlie MJ, Ferrante AW. Obesity Activates a Program of Lysosomal-Dependent Lipid Metabolism in Adipose Tissue Macrophages Independently of Classic Activation. Cell Metabolism 2013, 18: 816-830. PMID: 24315368, PMCID: PMC3939841, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdipose tissue macrophagesAdipose tissueInflammatory phenotypeTissue macrophagesLipid metabolismObesity-induced inflammationSystemic immune responsesModel of obesityRecruitment of macrophagesImpairs lipid metabolismKey metabolic tissuesNoninflammatory functionsImmune cellsImmune responseClassic activationObesityMetabolic tissuesMacrophagesExcess lipidsLipid catabolismM1 stateTissueMetabolismLipid contentPhenotype