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- Title
Obesidad e infecciones.
- Authors
Preciado-Ortiz, M. E.; Sánchez-Reyes, K.; Álvarez-Zavala, M.; González-Hernández, L. A.; Ramos-Solano, M.; Andrade-Villanueva, J.
- Abstract
Obesity is a public health problem. The interaction between obesity and the development of several chronic diseases is well stablished; however, its relation with the development of infectious diseases is not entirely clear. There is a close association between molecules produced by adipocytes (i.e. adipokines), with metabolic regulation and the immune response, nevertheless, this interaction is altered in obesity, inducing a metabolic imbalance and an immunocompromised state. Obesity has been associated with an increment in susceptibility and severity of infections, especially those of respiratory tract, skin and post-surgical infections, these infections increase the hospital stay and the risk of death in obese individuals. Nonetheless, more studies are necessary to understand the mechanisms that induce this relationship.
- Publication
Revista Médica MD, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 4, p341
- ISSN
2007-8188
- Publication type
Article