Diet-induced obesity promotes infection by impairment of the innate antimicrobial defense function of dermal adipocyte progenitors
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DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb5280
Abstract: Mature adipocytes that accumulate during obesity inhibit host defense against infection by feedback suppression of dermal adipocyte progenitors. An obesity-infection connection Obesity is known to increase the risk of skin infection. Zhang et al. show… read more here.
Keywords: diet induced; infection; dermal adipocyte; adipocyte progenitors ... See more keywords