The Claim

In modestly obese adult women, serum leptin and resistin levels are significantly correlated with the expression of CD163/CD68, a marker of anti-inflammatory macrophages, and these adipokines may influence macrophage regulation independently of macrophage infiltration.

Source: The Roles of Adipokines, Proinflammatory Cytokines, and Adipose Tissue Macrophages in Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance in Modest Obesity and Early Metabolic Dysfunction

What the research says

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Correlation
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In plain English

In modestly obese adult women, higher levels of leptin and resistin in the blood are associated with higher levels of CD163/CD68, a protein found on certain immune cells, suggesting a relationship between these blood molecules and the activity of these immune cells that is not due to changes in their numbers.

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In modestly obese adult women, serum leptin and resistin levels are significantly correlated with the expression of CD163/CD68, a marker of anti-inflammatory macrophages, suggesting these adipokines may influence macrophage regulation independently of infiltration.

Why this might work

In modestly obese women, higher levels of leptin and resistin signal to immune cells in fat tissue, causing those cells to produce more energy-making machinery inside their mitochondria. This shift in cellular metabolism turns the immune cells into a quieter, repair-focused state without increasing their numbers, which is reflected by higher levels of CD163 and CD68 markers.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: The Roles of Adipokines, Proinflammatory Cytokines, and Adipose Tissue Macrophages in Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance in Modest Obesity and Early Metabolic Dysfunction

    In women with mild obesity, higher levels of two fat hormones (leptin and resistin) were linked to more activity of genes that tell immune cells to be anti-inflammatory — even when those immune cells didn’t increase in number. This suggests the hormones may be telling the cells how to behave, not just attracting more of them.

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