THP-1 Macrophages and SGBS Adipocytes - A New Human in vitro Model System of Inflamed Adipose Tissue.

"Conflict of Interest Statement Michaela Keuper and Pamela Fischer-Posovszky declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Anna Dzyakanchuk and Kurt E. Amrein are employed at pERD, F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland. Martin Wabitsch has worked as a consultant of F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd. and received a consultant fee."

"We gratefully acknowledge Alexandra Killian for excellent technical assistance. Pamela Fischer-Posovszky is funded by a Margarete von Wrangell scholarship financed by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Arts, the European Social Fund, and Ulm University. This work has been supported within the Programme ‘Metabolic Disorders’ by the Ministry for Research of the state Baden-Württemberg."