http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/02/04/fat-immune.aspxResearchers have found fat cells, also known as adipocytes, may function as part of the immune system and help regulate lipid accumulation, which may result in preventing diseasessuch as cancer and diabetes. They conducted the study on pigs by exposingenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)