The consumption of Western-type calorically rich diets combined with chronic overnutrition
and a sedentary lifestyle in Western societies evokes a state of chronic metabolic …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a public health problem, affecting up to a third of
the world's adult population. Several cohort studies have consistently documented that …

Chronic low-grade inflammation in adipose tissue (AT) is a hallmark of obesity and
contributes to various metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular …

Background The global rise of metabolic disorders, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and
cardiovascular disease, demands a thorough molecular understanding of the cellular …

Oxidative stress and inflammation interact in the development of diabetic atherosclerosis.
Intracellular hyperglycemia promotes production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species …

Palmitic acid is a saturated fatty acid whose blood concentration is elevated in obese
patients. This causes inflammatory responses, where toll-like receptors (TLR), TLR2 and …

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a common heart disease and the leading cause of
cardiovascular death. Apoptosis and autophagy are two forms of programmed cell deaths …

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) display pro-tumorigenic phenotypes for supporting
tumor progression in response to microenvironmental cues imposed by tumor and stromal …

After activation, cells of the myeloid lineage undergo robust metabolic transitions, as well as
discrete epigenetic changes, that can dictate both ongoing and future inflammatory …

The remarkable plasticity and plethora of biological functions performed by macrophages
have enticed scientists to study these cells in relation to atherosclerosis for> 50 years, and …