Coinhibitory Suppression of T Cell Activation by CD40 Protects Against Obesity and Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Mice
Author(s) -
Dennis Wolf,
Felix Jehle,
Nathaly Anto Michel,
Éva Nóra Bukosza,
Jennifer Rivera,
YungChih Chen,
Natalie Hoppe,
Bianca Dufner,
Alexandra Ortiz Rodríguez,
Christian Colberg,
Leandro Nieto,
Benjamin Rupprecht,
Ansgar Wiedemann,
Lisa Schulte,
Alexander Peikert,
Nicole Bassler,
Andrey Lozhkin,
Sonja Hergeth,
Peter Stachon,
Ingo Hilgendorf,
Florian Willecke,
Constantin von zur Mühlen,
Dominik von Elverfeldt,
Christoph J. Binder,
Peter Aichele,
Nerea Varo,
Mark A. Febbraio,
Peter Libby,
Christoph Bode,
Karlheinz Peter,
Andreas Zirlik
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.008055
Subject(s) - proinflammatory cytokine , cd40 , adipose tissue , inflammation , endocrinology , medicine , metabolic syndrome , insulin resistance , immunology , biology , insulin , obesity , cytotoxic t cell , in vitro , biochemistry
Costimulatory cascades such as the CD40L-CD40 dyad enhance immune cell activation and inflammation during atherosclerosis. Here, we tested the hypothesis that CD40 directly modulates traits of the metabolic syndrome in diet-induced obesity in mice.
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