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Obesity Expands a Distinct Population of T Cells in Adipose Tissue and Increases Vulnerability to Infection

Obesity in humans is associated with poorer health outcomes after infections compared with non-obese individuals. Here, we examined the effects of white adipose tissue and obesity on T cell responses to viral infection in mice. We show that lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) grows to high tit...

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Autores principales: Misumi, Ichiro, Starmer, Joshua, Uchimura, Toru, Beck, Melinda A., Magnuson, Terry, Whitmire, Jason K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6652206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30970254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.03.030