Scavenger Receptor CD36 Expression Contributes to Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Cell Death in Diet-Induced Obesity

• Lei Cai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Cai, Zhen Wang

  * E-mail: lcai8@uky.edu

  Affiliations Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Zhen Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Cai, Zhen Wang

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, People’s Republic of China

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• Ailing Ji,

  Affiliations Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Jason M. Meyer,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Deneys R. van der Westhuyzen

  Affiliations Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

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