quinta-feira, 10 de setembro de 2020

Artigo__Porque razão a COVID-19 é mais mortal em pessoas com obesidade, mesmo se forem jovens


Ainda na sequência do post acima de 13 de Maio, vale a pena ler o artigo publicado há dois dias na conhecida revista científica Science:
"The problem is not only fewer immune cells, but less effective ones...Beyond an impaired response to infections, people with obesity also suffer from chronic, low-grade inflammation...Fat cells secrete several inflammation-triggering chemical messengers called cytokines, and more come from immune cells called macrophages that sweep in to clean up dead and dying fat cells" https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/why-covid-19-more-deadly-people-obesity-even-if-theyre-young