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• Macrophage-specific PPARgamma controls alternative activation and improves insulin resistance.

  Obesity and insulin resistance, the cardinal features of metabolic syndrome, are closely associated with a state of low-grade inflammation. In adipose…

  Authors: Justin I Odegaard, Roberto R Ricardo-Gonzalez, Matthew H Goforth, Christine R Morel, Vidya Subramanian, Lata Mukundan, Alex Red Eagle, Divya Vats, Frank Brombacher, Anthony W Ferrante,…

  Source: Nature. 2007 Jun 28

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• Quantitative expansion of ES cell-derived myeloid progenitors capable of differentiating into macrophages.

  Macrophages participate in physiologic and pathologic processes through elaboration of distinct activation programs. Studies with macrophage cell syst…

  Authors: Justin I Odegaard, Divya Vats, Lina Zhang, Roberto Ricardo-Gonzalez, Kristi L Smith, David B Sykes, Mark P Kamps, Ajay Chawla

  Source: Journal of leukocyte biology. 2007 Mar

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• Reduction of cell surface glycosylphosphatidylinositol conjugates in Entamoeba histolytica by antisense blocking of E. histolytica GlcNAc-phosphatidylinositol deacetylase expression: effect on cell proliferation, endocytosis, and adhesion to target cells.

  Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored molecules such as cell surface Gal/GalNAc lectin and proteophosphoglycans of the protozoan parasite Entamo…

  Authors: Divya Vats, Ram A Vishwakarma, Sudha Bhattacharya, Alok Bhattacharya

  Source: Infection and immunity. 2005 Dec

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• Glycosylated inositol phospholipid from Entamoeba histolytica: identification and structural characterization.

  Authors: Ram A Vishwakarma, Monica T Anand, Ranjana Arya, Divya Vats, Alok Bhattacharya

  Source: Molecular and biochemical parasitology. 2006 Jan

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• Bioinformatics and functional analysis of an Entamoeba histolytica mannosyltransferase necessary for parasite complement resistance and hepatical infection.

  The glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) moiety is one of the ways by which many cell surface proteins, such as Gal/GalNAc lectin and proteophosphoglyca…

  Authors: Christian Weber, Samantha Blazquez, Sabrina Marion, Christophe Ausseur, Divya Vats, Mickael Krzeminski, Marie-Christine Rigothier, Rachid C Maroun, Alok Bhattacharya, Nancy Guillén

  Source: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2008

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• Alternative M2 activation of Kupffer cells by PPARdelta ameliorates obesity-induced insulin resistance.

  Macrophage infiltration and activation in metabolic tissues underlie obesity-induced insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. While inflammatory activa…

  Authors: Justin I Odegaard, Roberto R Ricardo-Gonzalez, Alex Red Eagle, Divya Vats, Christine R Morel, Matthew H Goforth, Vidya Subramanian, Lata Mukundan, Anthony W Ferrante, Ajay Chawla

  Source: Cell metabolism. 2008 Jun

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• Oxidative metabolism and PGC-1beta attenuate macrophage-mediated inflammation.

  Complex interplay between T helper (Th) cells and macrophages contributes to the formation and progression of atherosclerotic plaques. While Th1 cytok…

  Authors: Divya Vats, Lata Mukundan, Justin I Odegaard, Lina Zhang, Kristi L Smith, Christine R Morel, Roger A Wagner, David R Greaves, Peter J Murray, Ajay Chawla

  Source: Cell metabolism. 2006 Jul

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