Obesity, Inflammation, Growth, and Metabolism: Evolution of Understanding and Evolving Functions of Old and New Peptides

Maria Elisabeth Street

doi:10.3390/jcm12123913

Obesity, Inflammation, Growth, and Metabolism: Evolution of Understanding and Evolving Functions of Old and New Peptides

J Clin Med. 2023 Jun 8;12(12):3913. doi: 10.3390/jcm12123913.

Author

Maria Elisabeth Street^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43125 Parma, Italy.
² Unit of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy.

Abstract

Obesity is a well-known low-grade chronic inflammatory disease that leads to metabolic derangements, cardiovascular complications, changes in growth, timing of puberty, bone formation, and changes in the ability to face infection [...].

Publication types

Editorial