A lower duodenal immune response is associated with an increase of insulin resistance in patients with morbid obesity.

Ailec Ho-PlagaroConcepción Santiago-FernandezSara García-SerranoCristina RodriguezLourdes Garrido-SanchezAlejandro EscamillaMontserrat GonzaloCustodia Montiel-CasadoGuillermo Alcaín-MartínezBeatriz Garcia-MuñozNatalia Ruiz-SantanaLuis Vázquez-PedreñoEduardo Garcia-Fuentes

Published in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2019)

There is an association between a higher IR and a lower duodenal immune response in MO, with a slight increase in those patients with metformin treatment. Intestinal immune response could be involved in the evolution of BMI after SG.

Keyphrases

immune response
dendritic cells
toll like receptor
metabolic syndrome
weight gain
insulin resistance
type diabetes
weight loss
bariatric surgery
body mass index
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
high fat diet induced
combination therapy