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Company Metabolism Laboratory / / Country Italy / Canada / / / Facility Tufts University / Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center / / / IndustryTerm energy-producing fatty acids / chemicals / inflammatory chemicals / / MedicalCondition inflammatory molecules / insulin resistance / Obesity / arthritis / fatty tissue / inflammation / heart disease / diabetes / inflammatory chemicals / / Organization USDA / Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center / Center on Aging / Tufts University in Boston / / Person Martin Obin / Rosalie Marion Bliss / Andrew Greenberg / Jean Mayer / / / Position Governor / / ProvinceOrState Massachusetts / / URL www.nps / /
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The smaller fat cells from normal-weight mice (left) have fewer macrophages (the darkbordered areas) than fat cells from obese mice (right). Macrophages mop up dead fat cells and, in doing so, can emit inflammatory chemi