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have been linked to states of low-grade inflammation such as diabetes, obesity, liver disease, and atherosclerosis (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) , underscoring the important role of macrophages in initiating and propagating these conditions. Previously, we
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in sCD163 are seen in conditions of low-grade inflammation, such as obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) ( 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ), but it is not known if these changes are directly linked to low-grade endotoxinemia or they
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shown that GH treatment improves the above-mentioned risk factors for CVD ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 12 , 13 , 14 ), but it is currently unknown if GHD and long-term GHD treatment influences the level of low-grade inflammation. Urokinase
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, somewhere in the order of 0.5–5 pg/ml for TNFα and IL-6 respectively. Hence, low-grade or subclinical chronic inflammation may provide a permissive- or pro-tumorigenic endocrine and/or paracrine environment in obese individuals. IL-6 is associated with
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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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, and waist circumference. These findings suggest that the decreased frequencies of PD-L2 + M-MDSCs and PD-1 + Tregs may contribute to the activation of effector T cells and the development of chronic low-grade inflammation in type 2 diabetes. Our
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is the unweighted sum of steatosis grade, lobular inflammation and ballooning and receives a score ranging from 0 to 8. Most cases diagnosed as steatosis have a total NAS score of ≤2, while most cases diagnosed as steatohepatitis have a total score of
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.01, ### P < 0.001 vs LPS group. Discussion Obesity and diabetes are intricately linked to low-grade chronic inflammation, particularly within adipose tissue. Adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) play a pivotal role in inflammation associated