AUG 6, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Obesity hampers bacteria killing by human neutrophils
Journal of Leukocyte Biology
A well-designed comparative study of neutrophil function in obesity versus normal weight controls, reporting pathogen-specific killing deficits with mechanistic phenotyping, but limited by modest sample size and lack of clinical outcome data.
Study details
DesignComparative cross-sectional study with ex v…
InterventionNeutrophils from individuals with obesity
ComparatorNeutrophils from individuals with normal we…