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Adipose tissue expansion, adipose tissue fibrosis, and inflammation in obesity may lead to adverse metabolic consequences over time through multiple mechanisms. Studies of temporal progression of these features suggest that fibrosis may precede inflammation that is associated with adverse metabolic consequences. Illustrated by Rachel Davidowitz.
