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ReviewThe Journal of physiology2025

The role of immune responses and microbiota in adipose tissue homeostasis.

Shahar Azar, Barbara Rehermann

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Review in The Journal of physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Gut Microbiome-Endocrine Axis in Obesity: Mechanisms and Therapeutics.Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shahar AzarImmunology Section, Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Barbara RehermannImmunology Section, Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6832-9951

Funding

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF HEMATOPOIETIC DEVELOPMENTR01DK054508 · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 1998 to 2005
$1.3M
VIRUS-HOST INTERACTION IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF HCV INFECTIONZ01DK054508 · DIABETES, DIGESTIVE, KIDNEY DISEASES · 1998 to 2005
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 DK054508NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK054508
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

White and brown adipose tissue form a metabolic organ that plays a crucial role in regulating body energy homeostasis. Adipose tissue is richly vascularized and innervated to respond to a variety of environmental signals. Adipose tissue also contains diverse populations of innate and adaptive immune cells. These immune cells contribute to the regulation of adipose tissue function, and adipocytes in turn signal to immune cells in response to metabolic and environmental triggers. The gut microbiota have recently emerged as an additional factor that affects adipose tissue homeostasis. This can occur either directly via metabolites and bacterial products or indirectly via its effects on immune cells. Natural, co-evolved microbiota, if encountered in early postnatal life, have been shown to confer protection against obesity in later periods of life. The complexity of these factors and interactions warrants further investigation and may ultimately provide opportunities for therapeutic interventions that prevent obesity and metabolic disease.

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Adipose TissueGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHomeostasisMicrobiotaAnimalsHumansObesityadipose tissuecytokineimmune responsemicrobiome

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PMID41292129
PMCPMC12704045

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