Western diet shifts immune cell balance

Elife. 2021 Sep 13:10:e72787. doi: 10.7554/eLife.72787.

Author

Christina M Bergey¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, United States.

Abstract

The immune cells of macaques fed a Western-like diet adopt a pro-inflammatory profile.

Keywords: behavior; diet; epidemiology; evolutionary mismatch; global health; immunology; inflammation; macaca fascicularis; monocyte.

© 2021, Bergey.

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Animals
Diet*
Diet, Western*
Macaca fascicularis