Obesity Correlates With Pronounced Aberrant Innate Immune Responses in Hospitalized Aged COVID-19 Patients

Both age and obesity are leading risk factors for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Specifically, although most infections occur in individuals under the age of 55 years, 95% of hospitalizations, admissions to...

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Main Authors: Michael Z. Zulu, Suhas Sureshchandra, Amanda N. Pinski, Brianna Doratt, Weining Shen, Ilhem Messaoudi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.760288/full