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ID:
419678
Start date:
4 February 2025
Project status:
Current
Principal investigator:
Dr Véronique Mateo
Lead institution:
Sorbonne Université, France

Obesity is associated with poorer immune defenses that give rise to increase risk of cancer and infections. Our group have showed that immune health can be ameliorated while losing weight or with food supplementation in mouse models. We wanted to characterize immunity in individuals according to their body weight and nutrition.