Toll‐Like Receptor Expression and Response to Specific Stimulation in Adipocytes and Preadipocytes

Jeannette Pietsch, A Batra, Thomas Stroh, I Fedke, Rainer Glauben, Besir Okur, Martin Zeitz, Britta Siegmund

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 54 citations · 2 references

Abstract

Abstract: Data in this study indicate that both adipocytes and preadipocytes express abroad set of TLRs and they also respond to specific stimulation by cytokine production. The may be of relevance to Crohn's disease and a suggests a closer link between adipose tissue and innate immunity.

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