APS

2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025

Hematopoietic-Specific Deficiency of Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines Promotes Insulin Resistance during Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice

Washington, DC · May 2025

Poster · Biological/Neuroscience

  • Praneet Veerapaneni
    Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Ghaith Aboud
    Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Tyler Benson
    University of Cincinnati
  • Ragheb Harb
    Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • David Kim
    Augusta University
  • Mourad Ogbi
    Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Nicole Cyriac
    Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Mehek Sharma
    Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Hong Shi
    Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Ha Won Kim
    Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Neal Weintraub
    Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Abstract

Chronic inflammation is associated with obesity that originates from increased production of pro-inflammatory chemocytokines. Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC) plays an important role in regulating chemocytokines. In this study, we found that hematopoietic-specific, but not adipose-specific, deficiency of DARC promotes insulin resistance during diet-induced obesity in mice.

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