Osteopontin is a key player for local adipose tissue macrophage proliferation in obesity

•Osteopontin enhances survival and decreases apoptosis of human monocytes.•Osteopontin induces proliferation of differentiated macrophages.•Osteopontin facilitates local adipose tissue macrophage proliferation in obesity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tardelli, Matteo, Zeyda, Karina, Moreno-Viedma, Veronica, Wanko, Bettina, Grün, Nicole G., Staffler, Günther, Zeyda, Maximilian, Stulnig, Thomas M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5081407/