Obesity and biological sex may make individuals more vulnerable to COVID-19, WVU study suggests, WVU Today
By A Mystery Man Writer
Description
A new animal study from Katherine Lee — a researcher with the West Virginia University School of Medicine — investigates why individuals with obesity may have a particularly difficult time fending off SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Specifically, female obese mice experienced worse disease symptoms, showing the importance of both obesity and biological sex in COVID-19 outcomes.
![Obesity and biological sex may make individuals more vulnerable to COVID-19, WVU study suggests, WVU Today](https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/732913/fimmu-12-732913-HTML/image_m/fimmu-12-732913-g001.jpg)
Frontiers Immunometabolic Dysregulation at the Intersection of
![Obesity and biological sex may make individuals more vulnerable to COVID-19, WVU study suggests, WVU Today](https://f6publishing.blob.core.windows.net/a42cb831-1738-4ae1-ab9e-5912e7a710b3/WJG-27-4763-g004.png)
Therapeutic implications of SARS-CoV-2 dysregulation of the gut
![Obesity and biological sex may make individuals more vulnerable to COVID-19, WVU study suggests, WVU Today](https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/images/corporate/publications/chief-public-health-officer-reports-state-public-health-canada/addressing-stigma-what-we-heard/fig-3-en.jpg)
Addressing Stigma: Towards a More Inclusive Health System
![Obesity and biological sex may make individuals more vulnerable to COVID-19, WVU study suggests, WVU Today](https://media.springernature.com/m685/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41574-020-00462-1/MediaObjects/41574_2020_462_Fig2_HTML.png)
Global pandemics interconnected — obesity, impaired metabolic
![Obesity and biological sex may make individuals more vulnerable to COVID-19, WVU study suggests, WVU Today](https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1057%2Fs41599-022-01334-x/MediaObjects/41599_2022_1334_Fig1_HTML.png)
Behavioral and emotional adaptations of obese and underweight
![Obesity and biological sex may make individuals more vulnerable to COVID-19, WVU study suggests, WVU Today](https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41598-021-82384-0/MediaObjects/41598_2021_82384_Fig1_HTML.png)
County-level longitudinal clustering of COVID-19 mortality to
![Obesity and biological sex may make individuals more vulnerable to COVID-19, WVU study suggests, WVU Today](https://www.medrxiv.org/content/medrxiv/early/2022/01/06/2021.11.30.21267096/F22.medium.gif)
Statistical Inferences and Analysis based on the COVID-19 Data
![Obesity and biological sex may make individuals more vulnerable to COVID-19, WVU study suggests, WVU Today](https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/images/corporate/publications/chief-public-health-officer-reports-state-public-health-canada/addressing-stigma-what-we-heard/fig-10-en.jpg)
Addressing Stigma: Towards a More Inclusive Health System
![Obesity and biological sex may make individuals more vulnerable to COVID-19, WVU study suggests, WVU Today](https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/physpharm//research/img/journals.jpg)
Publications - Physiology and Pharmacology - Western University
from
per adult (price varies by group size)