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Lipedema adipose tissue exhibits M2 macrophage predominance (anti-inflammatory phenotype), stage-dependent adipocyte hypertrophy, progressive fibrosis, and altered lymphatic/vascular function, differing markedly from the pro-inflammatory M1 macrophage response seen in obesity.
Created: 2026-05-31 · Last updated: 2026-05-31
Auto-compiled by the Layer 1 surveillance loop; not yet human-reviewed. anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 · 2026-05-31
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- Lipedema and adipose tissue: current understanding, controversies, and future directions — Rabiee (2025) — refines · review · 2025
This is a narrative mini-review synthesizing current literature on lipedema adipose tissue biology. It directly addresses inflammation mechanisms in lipedema tissue, characterizing the inflammatory profile and distinguishing it from obesity
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- 2026-05-31 — created