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Mast cells participate in chronic low‐grade inflammation within adipose tissue
Author(s) -
Żelechowska P.,
Agier J.,
Kozłowska E.,
BrzezińskaBłaszczyk E.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
obesity reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.845
H-Index - 162
eISSN - 1467-789X
pISSN - 1467-7881
DOI - 10.1111/obr.12670
Subject(s) - adipose tissue , inflammation , degranulation , immune system , adipocyte , chemokine , adipokine , biology , immunology , mast cell , adipose tissue macrophages , fibroblast , fibrosis , connective tissue , microbiology and biotechnology , white adipose tissue , medicine , endocrinology , leptin , obesity , cell culture , genetics , receptor
Summary Obesity is reckoned as one of the civilization diseases, posing a considerable global health issue. Evidence points towards a contribution of multitude immune cell populations in obesity pathomechanism and the development of chronic low‐grade inflammation in the expanded adipose tissue. Notably, adipose tissue is a reservoir of mast cells which number in individuals with obesity particularly increased. Some of them tend to degranulation what generate secretion of strong pro‐inflammatory and regulatory mediators, as well as cytokines/chemokines. Several lines of evidence suggest that mast cells are strictly associated with pro‐inflammatory status in adipose tissue by their indirect impact on immune cell attraction and activation. Furthermore, mast cells affect adipose tissue remodelling and fibrosis by adipocyte differentiation, fibroblast proliferation and enhancing extracellular matrix proteins expression. This review will summarize current knowledge on mast cell features and their role in the development of chronic low‐grade inflammation within adipose tissue.