Obesity, COVID-19 and immunotherapy: the complex relationship!

Carmine Finelli

doi:10.2217/imt-2020-0178

Obesity, COVID-19 and immunotherapy: the complex relationship!

Immunotherapy. 2020 Oct;12(15):1105-1109. doi: 10.2217/imt-2020-0178. Epub 2020 Jul 17.

Author

Carmine Finelli^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Cav R Apicella, ASL Napoli 3 Sud, Via di Massa, 1, 80040 Pollena, Napoli, Italy.
² COVID Hospital Boscotrecase, ASL Napoli 3 Sud, Via Lenza, 3, 80042 Boscotrecase, Napoli, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID 19; immune checkpoint inhibitors; immunomodulation; immunopathology; immunotherapy; inflammatory cytokine neutralization; obesity.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / immunology*
Coronavirus Infections / pathology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Humans
Immunologic Factors
Immunomodulation
Immunotherapy*
Inflammation
Obesity / immunology*
Obesity / pathology
Pandemics / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral / immunology*
Pneumonia, Viral / pathology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Immunologic Factors