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The role of macrophage aP2 in atherosclerosis
Email: Tudor Toma - ttoma@mail.dntis.ro News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010604-02
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Adipocyte fatty-acid–binding protein (aP2) has an established role in regulating systemic insulin resistance and lipid metabolism. In May Nature Medicine, Liza Makowski and colleagues from Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, demonstrate that aP2 is also expressed in macrophages and has a role in the development of atherosclerosis.
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