• The coronavirus infects fat cells, study suggests

    From Peter Hood@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 10 04:02:44 2021
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    A new study hints that the coronavirus infects fat cells and
    certain immune cells in fat.

    The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 may directly infect fat cells and
    specific immune cells found in fat tissue, The New York Times
    reported.

    In a recent study, posted to the preprint database bioRxiv on
    Oct. 25, scientists experimented with fat tissue obtained from
    bariatric surgeries, to see if the tissue could be infected by
    the coronavirus. They found that fat cells, known as adipocytes,
    could become infected and developed a low level of inflammation.
    They also found that immune cells housed within the fat tissue,
    called macrophages, also became infected and kicked off a much
    more intense inflammatory response.

    In addition to these experiments, the team examined fat tissue
    from patients who died from COVID-19 infections and found
    coronavirus particles in the fat that surrounded various organs.
    Viruses like HIV and influenza can squirrel themselves away in
    fat tissue, as a way of hiding from the immune system; several
    experts told the Times that SARS-CoV-2 could theoretically do
    something similar, making fat a reservoir for the virus.

    https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-may-infect-fat-tissue

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