IMMUNE OSby Allerim

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Adipose Immune Ecosystem

Metabolic immune niche where nutrient excess, hypoxia, macrophages, and fibrosis reshape systemic inflammation

metabolismmacrophagehypoxiainflammaging

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Last reviewed 2026-05-17

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Systems profile

Inflammation86
Tolerance45
Metabolism82
Tissue88
Neuroimmune80
Chronicity78

Tissue ecosystem

Spatial immune niche

niche

Adipose

Barrier

vascular-endocrine interfaceextracellular matrix remodelingadipokine signaling

Cells

macrophagesT cell subsetsmast cellseosinophils

Cytokines

TNF-alphaIL-6IL-1betaIL-10

Neuroimmune

sympathetic lipolysisstress hormone effectsinflammatory pain and fatigue loops

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Direct relationships

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Adipocyte stress recruits and activates tissue macrophages

Immune niche

Tissue Ecology

Adipose tissue links energy storage to immune tone through adipocyte stress, macrophage crown-like structures, hypoxia, lipid mediators, and insulin signaling.

Dominant immune cells

macrophagesT cell subsetsmast cellseosinophilsNK cells

Barrier systems

vascular-endocrine interfaceextracellular matrix remodelingadipokine signaling

Microbiome interactions

gut-derived endotoxin toneSCFA effects on energy and inflammationbile acid-metabolic signaling

Neuroimmune interactions

sympathetic lipolysisstress hormone effectsinflammatory pain and fatigue loops

Cytokine environment

Metabolic conditions

lipid overloadhypoxiainsulin resistancemitochondrial stress