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Overweight/obesity in young adulthood interacts with aspects of EBV infection in MS etiology.

Anna Karin HedströmNicole BrennerJulia ButtJan HillertTim WaterboerTomas OlssonLars Alfredsson
Published in: Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation (2020)
With regard to MS risk, overweight/obesity in young adulthood acts synergistically with both aspects of EBV infection, predominantly among those with a genetic susceptibility to the disease. The obese state both induces a chronic immune-mediated inflammation and affects the cellular immune response to infections, which may contribute to explain our findings.
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