Protocatechuic acid prevents obesity caused by long-chain saturated fatty acid-induced inflammation in mouse microglia via inhibition of the NF-κB pathway

• Ken-yu Hironao,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe‌‌, Japan

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• Shoma Fujino,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe‌‌, Japan

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• Yusei Johta,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe‌‌, Japan

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• Kevin Odongo,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe‌‌, Japan

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• Hitoshi Ashida,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe‌‌, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3562-5601

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• Yoko Yamashita

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yoko.y@crystal.kobe-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe‌‌, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6288-5746

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