Endocrine Abstracts

Obesity is associated with low-grade systemic inflammation, indeed the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by mesenteric adipose tissue has been implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases of the small intestine: duodenum, jejunum and ileum. This is the main site of intestinal inflammation. The objective of this work is to study the effect of a high calorie diet on the histology of the ileum in Psammomys obesus. The animals were captured in the area o...