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

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...

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Autor principal: Martins, Vinicius Dantas (author)
Outros Autores: Campos, Franciele Carolina Silva (author), Moreira, Felipe Caixeta (author), Carneiro, Matheus Batista Heitor (author), Goes, Grazielle Ribeiro (author), Torres, Lícia (author), Barbosa, Sara Cândida (author), Vaz, Leonardo Gomes (author), Paiva, Nívia Carolina Nogueira de (author), Carneiro, Cláudia Martins (author), Vieira, Leda Quercia (author), Faria, Ana Maria Caetano de (author), Maioli, Tatiani Uceli (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2020
Texto completo:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006596
País:Brasil
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