Immune cells in your fat are essentially a timekeeper—IL-17 pulses daily to switch on fat production. Pull them out and both fat's rhythm and whole-body metabolism crash. https://s.fitbodyscience.com/q5fNTE
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Immune cells in fat tissue set the daily rhythm and drive fat-making, this study shows.
The study linked in the post found that immune cells in fat make a protein called IL-17 that rises and falls with the day-night cycle, and this helps fat tissue know when to store fat. When these cells or IL-17 were removed in experiments, the fat tissue lost its daily rhythm and fat production dropped, and systemic metabolism was disrupted. So the study directly supports the post's claims: IL-17 from immune cells is important for both the daily timing and the metabolic function of fat tissue.
In short, the research backs up the post: those immune cells and their IL-17 really do seem to boss fat tissue around, setting its clock and its fat-making schedule.
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