A relationship exists between cytokines and both leptin (L4146) and insulin ( I1507). Proinflammatory cytokines increase leptin levels while leptin regulates pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine production.
Scientists have known that macrophages also appear in adipose, or fat, tissue. But their role in the tissue was once thought to be inconsequential. Now, these immune cells appear to be rushing to dead fat cells to mop them up. These macrophages emit poten