Diet-induced obesity promotes infection by impairment of the innate antimicrobial defense function of dermal adipocyte progenitors

Ling‐juan Zhang, Christian F. Guerrero‐Juarez, Stella Chen, Xiaowei Zhang, Meimei Yin, Fengwu Li, Shuai Wu, Joyce Chen, Min Li, Yingzi Liu,

Science Translational Medicine · 2021 · 56 citations · 51 references

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skin infection. Together, these results explain how obesity promotes dysfunction of the antimicrobial function of reactive dermal adipogenesis and identifies potential therapeutic targets to manage skin infection associated with obesity.

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