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In obesity complicated by hypertension, multicellular processes integrate to orchestrate cardiac fibrosis; the underlying mechanisms, however, remain elusive. In this issue of JEM, Cheng et al. (2021. J. Exp. Med. https//doi.org/10.1084/jem.20210252) describe adipocyte-macrophage collaboration to foster cardiac fibrosis through the actions of angiotensin II in obesity.Diabetes is associated with a strongly elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, which is even more pronounced in patients with diabetic nephropathy. Currently available