Obesity impairs resistance to Leishmania major infection in C57BL/6 mice.

• Автори: Vinicius Dantas Martins (Автор), Franciele Carolina Silva (Автор), Felipe Caixeta (Автор), Matheus Batista Carneiro (Автор), Graziele Ribeiro Goes (Автор), Lícia Torres (Автор), Sara Cândida Barbosa (Автор), Leonardo Vaz (Автор), Nivea Carolina Paiva (Автор), Cláudia Martins Carneiro (Автор), Leda Quercia Vieira (Автор), Ana Maria Caetano Faria (Автор), Tatiani Uceli Maioli (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Предмети: article
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An association between increased susceptibility to infectious diseases and obesity has been described as a result of impaired immunity in obese individuals. It is not clear whether a similar linkage can be drawn between obesity and parasitic diseases. To evaluate the effect of obesity in the immune...