«This is the first study to show that current strategies to bolster the effectiveness of flu vaccines protected lean mice from serious illness but fell short of
protecting obese mice from infections,» said corresponding author Stacey Schultz - Cherry, Ph.D., a member of the St. Jude Department of Infectious Diseases.
Protective antibodies from lean mice also failed to
protect obese mice from flu infections.
«Vaccines fail to
protect obese mice from severe influenza infections: Fu vaccines with adjuvants don't work as well in obese mice.»
Not exact matches
A common antioxidant found in human breast milk and foods like kiwi fruit can
protect against nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the offspring of
obese mice, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
«When given to
obese mouse mothers during pregnancy and lactation, we found it
protected their offspring from developing symptoms of liver fat and damage that leads to NAFLD in early adulthood.»
The study shows that a hormone acting on the placenta can
protect the offspring of
obese mice from being born overweight.
Normally, germ - free
mice exposed to a
mouse with microbial - based obesity would themselves become
obese, but we could design a microbial community taken from lean people that
protected against this weight gain.