Co-Inhibitory Suppression of T Cell Activation by CD 40 Protects from Obesity and Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Mice Running title :

Dennis Wolf, MD; Felix Jehle, MD; Nathaly Anto Michel, MSc; Eva Nora Bukosza, MD; Jennifer Rivera, PhD; Yung Chi Chen, PhD; Natalie Hoppe, BSc; Bianca Dufner, BSc; Alexandra Ortiz Rodriguez, MSc; Christian Colberg, MSc; Leandro Nieto, BSc; Benjamin Rupprecht, BSc; Ansgar Wiedemann, MSc; Lisa Schulte, BSc; Alexander Peikert, BSc; Nicole Bassler, BSc; Andrey Lozhkin, MSc; Sonja Patricia Hergeth, PhD; Peter Stachon, MD; Ingo Hilgendorf, MD; Florian Willecke, MD; Constantin von zur Mühlen, MD; Dominik von Elverfeldt, PhD; Christoph J. Binder, MD, PhD; Peter Aichele, MD; Nerea Varo, MD; Mark A. Febbraio, PhD; Peter Libby, MD; Christoph Bode, MD; Karlheinz Peter, MD, PhD; Andreas Zirlik, MD