[HTML][HTML] Infections and immunity: associations with obesity and related metabolic disorders

A Ray, MJL Bonorden, R Pandit, KJ Nkhata… - Journal of Pathology …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
About one-fourth of the global population is either overweight or obese, both of which
increase the risk of insulin resistance, cardiovascular diseases, and infections. In obesity …

[HTML][HTML] From influenza virus to novel corona virus (SARS-CoV-2)–The contribution of obesity

I Bhattacharya, C Ghayor… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
From the beginning of 2020, the governments and the health systems around the world are
tackling infections and fatalities caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome …

The interplay of type 2 immunity, helminth infection and the microbiota in regulating metabolism

M Moyat, G Coakley, NL Harris - Clinical & Translational …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Type 2 immunity has recently emerged as a critical player in metabolic status, with
numerous studies investigating the role of type 2 immune cells within adipose tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Helminth and host crosstalk: new insight into treatment of obesity and its associated metabolic syndromes

M Dai, X Yang, Y Yu, W Pan - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Obesity and its associated Metabolic Syndromes (Mets) represent a global epidemic health
problem. Metabolic inflammation, lipid accumulation and insulin resistance contribute to the …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of helminth infection on metabolic and immune homeostasis in non-diabetic obesity

A Rajamanickam, S Munisankar… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Several epidemiological and immunological studies indicate a reciprocal association
between obesity/metabolic syndrome and helminth infections. Numerous studies …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and obesity: the meeting of two pandemics

SCS Brandão, ETAM Godoi, LHO Cordeiro… - … of endocrinology and …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
ABSTRACT COVID-19 and obesity are two pandemic diseases that the world is currently
facing. Both activate the immune system and mediate inflammation. A sequence of disease …

[HTML][HTML] Immunometabolic Dysregulation at the Intersection of Obesity and COVID-19

CN Khwatenge, M Pate, LC Miller, Y Sang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Obesity prevails worldwide to an increasing effect. For example, up to 42% of American
adults are considered obese. Obese individuals are prone to a variety of complications of …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity and COVID-19: what makes obese host so vulnerable?

S Mohammad, R Aziz, S Al Mahri, SS Malik, E Haji… - Immunity & …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The disease (COVID-19) novel coronavirus pandemic has so far infected millions
resulting in the death of over a million people as of Oct 2020. More than 90% of those …

[HTML][HTML] Coronavirus infection (SARS-CoV-2) in obesity and diabetes comorbidities: is heat shock response determinant for the disease complications?

M Krause, F Gerchman, R Friedman - Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, 2020 - Springer
Chronic inflammation is involved in the pathogenesis of several metabolic diseases, such as
obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). With the recent worldwide outbreak of …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity and infectious diseases: pathophysiology and epidemiology of a double pandemic condition

G Pugliese, A Liccardi, C Graziadio, L Barrea… - International Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
The current pandemic due to widespread SARS-CoV-19 infection has again highlighted the
role of obesity, whose global prevalence increased up to 13%, as a risk factor for both …