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. 2019 Jan 15;50(1):13-15.
doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2018.12.026.

Gaining Weight: Insulin-Eating Islet Macrophages

Olga Spadaro  1 , Vishwa Deep Dixit  2
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Gaining Weight: Insulin-Eating Islet Macrophages

Olga Spadaro et al. Immunity. .
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The role of the immune system in homeostasis of pancreatic β cells in type 2 diabetes mellitus is poorly characterized. In a recent issue of Cell Metabolism, Ying et al. (2018) report that two subpopulations of macrophages expand during obesity to impair β cell function.

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