Treatment with long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids improves adipose tissue hypoxia and alters macrophage polarization in severely obese subjects

• Published in: Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes
• Main Authors: Zeyda, M, Itariu, BK, Neuhofer, A, Stulnig, TM
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: 12.11.2012

Introduction: Hypoxia is hypothesized to sustain adipose tissue inflammation and to initiate adipose tissue fibrotic remodeling, a newly found feature of obesity related pathological alterations. Relative adipose tissue hypoxia, which is characterized by increased expression of transcription factor...