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Macrophage 'molecular scissors' may drive obesity-linked inflammation and metabolic damage
Obesity can transform macrophages, the body’s immune cleanup cells, into drivers of chronic inflammation and metabolic disease.
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Obesity can transform macrophages, the body’s immune cleanup cells, into drivers of chronic inflammation and metabolic disease. In healthy tissues, these cells clear debris and maintain order, but excess fat alters their behavior, contributing to inflammation linked to obesity.
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