Obesity indirectly increases TNF-α

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2018

Systematic Review

Sarcopenic obesity in older adults: aetiology, epidemiology and treatment strategies
Dennis T. Villareal, John A. Batsis
«Obesity activates macrophages, mast cell and T lymphocytes, promoting a low-level inflammation that results in the secretion of tumour necrosis factor (TNF), leptin and growth hormone (GH)»
Organism: Humans
Notable Magnitude of Effect.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6241236
10.1038/s41574-018-0062-9

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