
Adipose tissue inflammation can reduce the efficacy of lipid storage in adipocytes by augmenting basal lipolysis through producing interleukin-6 (IL-6). The function of white adipose tissue as an energy reservoir is impaired in obesity, leading to lipid spillover and ectopic lipid deposition. 4Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Malaysia.3School of Life Sciences, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China.2School of Life Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China.1School of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China.


Zhizheng Fang 1†, Lu Wei 2†, Yanping Lv 1, Tongsheng Wang 3, Hamizah Shahirah Hamezah 4, Rongchun Han 1* and Xiaohui Tong 3*
