Cathelicidin regulates myeloid cell accumulation in adipose tissue and promotes insulin resistance during obesity

Thromb Haemost. 2016 Jun 2;115(6):1237-9. doi: 10.1160/TH16-02-0112. Epub 2016 Mar 3.

Authors

Quinte Braster, Carlos Silvestre-Roig, Helene Hartwig, Pascal Kusters, Suzanne Aarts, Myrthe den Toom, Richard L Gallo, Christian Weber, Esther Lutgens, Oliver Soehnlein¹

Affiliation

¹ Oliver Soehnlein, Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Pettenkoferstr. 9, 80336 Munich, Germany, Tel.: +49 89 4400 54677, E-mail [email protected].

PMID: 26939624
DOI: 10.1160/TH16-02-0112

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue / pathology*
Adipose Tissue / physiopathology
Animals
Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
Cathelicidins / deficiency
Cathelicidins / genetics
Cathelicidins / physiology*
Disease Models, Animal
Humans
Insulin Resistance / physiology*
Liver / pathology
Liver / physiopathology
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Knockout
Myeloid Cells / pathology*
Myeloid Cells / physiology
Obesity / pathology*
Obesity / physiopathology*

Substances

Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
Cathelicidins