Evolutionary speculation about tuberculosis and the metabolic and inflammatory processes of obesity.
Roth
Jesse
J
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, 149-37 Powells Cove Blvd, Whitestone NY 11357, USA. jesserothmd@hotmail.com
D005075:Biological Evolution; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology