Báo cáo khoa học: Visfatin is induced by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma in human macrophages

Obesity is a low-grade chronic inflammatory disease associated with an increased number of macrophages (adipose tissue macrophages) in adipose tissue. Within the adipose tissue, adipose tissue macrophages are the major source of visfatin⁄pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor⁄nicotinamide phos-phoribosyl transferase.