Visceral Obesity and Insulin Resistance Associate with CD36 Deletion in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells

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Investigators showed that that intestinal lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) have an increasing CD36 expression from lymphatic capillaries to collecting vessels, and that LEC CD36 regulated lymphatic integrity and optimized lipid transport.
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Cifarelli, V., Appak-Baskoy, S., Peche, V. S., Kluzak, A., Shew, T., Narendran, R., Pietka, K. M., Cella, M., Walls, C. W., Czepielewski, R., Ivanov, S., Randolph, G. J., Augustin, H. G., & Abumrad, N. A. (2021). Visceral obesity and insulin resistance associate with CD36 deletion in lymphatic endothelial cells. Nature Communications, 12(1), 3350. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23808-3 Cite
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