Influence of obesity on serum levels of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies in COVID-19 patients

SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus-2), cause of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease of 2019), represents a significant risk to people living with pre-existing conditions associated with exacerbated inflammatory responses and consequent dysfunctional immunity. In this paper, we have...

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description SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus-2), cause of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease of 2019), represents a significant risk to people living with pre-existing conditions associated with exacerbated inflammatory responses and consequent dysfunctional immunity. In this paper, we have evaluated the influence of obesity, a condition associated with chronic systemic inflammation, on the secretion of SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG antibodies in the blood of COVID-19 patients. Our hypothesis is that obesity is associated with reduced amounts of specific IgG antibodies. Results have confirmed our hypothesis and have shown that SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies are negatively associated with Body Mass Index (BMI) in COVID-19 obese patients, as expected based on the known influence of obesity on humoral immunity. Antibodies in COVID-19 obese patients are also negatively associated with serum levels of pro-inflammatory and metabolic markers of inflammaging and pulmonary inflammation, such as SAA (serum amyloid A protein), CRP (C-reactive protein), and ferritin, but positively associated with NEFA (nonesterified fatty acids). These results altogether could help to identify an inflammatory signature with strong predictive value for immune dysfunction. Inflammatory markers identified may subsequently be targeted to improve humoral immunity in individuals with obesity and in individuals with other chronic inflammatory conditions.
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Aged
Antibodies
Antibodies - blood
Antibodies - immunology
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Antibodies, Viral - immunology
Arteriosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
Biology and Life Sciences
Biomarkers - blood
Body Mass Index
Cancer
Complications and side effects
Corona
Coronavirus Infections - virology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - blood
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - immunology
Data analysis
Diabetes mellitus
Editing
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Female
Funding
Glycoproteins
Humans
Immunity, Humoral - immunology
Immunoglobulin A - blood
Immunoglobulin A - immunology
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin G - blood
Immunoglobulin G - immunology
Immunoglobulin M
Immunology
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Intestine
Laboratories
Male
Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Methodology
Microbiology
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title Influence of obesity on serum levels of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies in COVID-19 patients
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