Metabolic syndrome and aberrant immune responses to viral infection and vaccination: Insights from small animal models

This review outlines the propensity for metabolic syndrome (MetS) to induce elevated disease severity, higher mortality rates post-infection, and poor vaccination outcomes for viral pathogens. MetS is a cluster of conditions including high blood glucose, an increase in circulating low-density lipopr...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Geerling, Muddassar Hameed, James Weger-Lucarelli, Amelia K. Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1015563/full