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the liver and adipose tissue ( 11 , 12 , 13 ). The beneficial effects of exercise on glucose homeostasis are well documented ( 14 ), and exercise has been shown to reduce adipogenesis, alleviate adipose tissue inflammation and improve the disturbed
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associated metabolic and endocrine co-morbidities including increased visceral adipose tissue deposition, glucose intolerance, mild hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia and subclinical inflammation. Xenograft studies that involve subcutaneous injection of
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pathway in the development of metabolic complications and atherosclerosis is the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from adipose tissue promoting a state of chronic low-grade inflammation ( 3 , 4 , 5 ). It has been suggested that inflammation in turn
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(kcal/day) 0.001 0.0004; 0.002 0.007 Ra palmitate (μmol/min) 3.3 1.8; 4.8 <0.005 pHSL/HSL 0.6 0.2; 0.9 <0.005 BHB (mmol/L) 0.004 0.001; 0.008 0.006 Inflammation IL-6 (ng/mL) 0.0008 0.0006; 0
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). In this context, the benefits of dexamethasone are likely anti-inflammatory. Cortisol has similar anti-inflammatory properties including reduction of T- and B-lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, and eosinophils at sites of inflammation, as well as
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systemic inflammation seen within this group ( 7 , 8 ). In particular, the inflammatory cytokine IL6 has been found to be higher in women with PCOS compared with those without and further studies have reported that the higher IL6 levels directly contribute
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-associated insulin resistance remain unclear, but it is well established that not only the amount, but also the distribution of excess body fat is important, and that white adipose tissue (WAT) inflammation and insulin resistance are inter-related (2) . Studies have
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of the link between inflammation and cancer ( 22 ). Tumor-associated inflammatory cues in the tumor microenvironment, such as macrophages or tumor-associated fibroblasts and pro-inflammatory cytokines (including TNF-alpha and IL-6), contribute to
Institution of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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, including inflammation, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and insulin resistance ( 14 ). Thus, it is reasonable to consider that sST2 levels may be able to indicate early microenvironment abnormalities, such as MetS, that predate the onset of cardiovascular
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Introduction Over the past decade, chemerin has been increasingly implicated as a biomarker of immunometabolism, linking low-grade inflammation and metabolic disorders ( 1 ). Chemerin was first discovered as a chemokine with strong