International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Immunometabolism in Obesity-Associated Type 2 Diabetes: Molecular Mechanisms and Emerging Therapeutic Targets

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasingly understood as a chronic, low-grade inflammatory disease in which immune and metabolic signalling are bidirectionally coupled. Nutrient excess drives glucolipotoxic stress in adipose tissue, liver, skeletal muscle and pancreatic islets, engaging innate immune sensors.

The paper

University of Basilicata; San Raffaele University of Rome

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 10 Sep 2026, CC BY

doi.org/10.3390/ijms27188063PubMed 42794492