Nature Communications (Aug 2017)

CD206+ M2-like macrophages regulate systemic glucose metabolism by inhibiting proliferation of adipocyte progenitors

  • Allah Nawaz,
  • Aminuddin Aminuddin,
  • Tomonobu Kado,
  • Akiko Takikawa,
  • Seiji Yamamoto,
  • Koichi Tsuneyama,
  • Yoshiko Igarashi,
  • Masashi Ikutani,
  • Yasuhiro Nishida,
  • Yoshinori Nagai,
  • Kiyoshi Takatsu,
  • Johji Imura,
  • Masakiyo Sasahara,
  • Yukiko Okazaki,
  • Kohjiro Ueki,
  • Tadashi Okamura,
  • Kumpei Tokuyama,
  • Akira Ando,
  • Michihiro Matsumoto,
  • Hisashi Mori,
  • Takashi Nakagawa,
  • Norihiko Kobayashi,
  • Kumiko Saeki,
  • Isao Usui,
  • Shiho Fujisaka,
  • Kazuyuki Tobe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00231-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Adipose tissue contains macrophages that can influence both local and systemic metabolism via the secretion of cytokines. Here, Nawaz et al. report that M2-like macrophages, present in adipose tissue, create a microenvironment that inhibits proliferation of adipocyte progenitors due to the secretion of TGF-β1