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ArticleJournal of inflammation research2021

The Immunophenotyping Changes of Peripheral CD4+ T Lymphocytes and Inflammatory Markers of Class III Obesity Subjects After Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Surgery - A Follow-Up Study.

Nasser M Rizk, Amina Fadel, Wasaif AlShammari, Noura Younes, Moataz Bashah

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Article in Journal of inflammation research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nasser M RizkBiomedical Sciences Department-College of Health Sciences, QU Health-Qatar University.ORCID 0000-0002-6288-3609
Amina FadelBiomedical Sciences Department-College of Health Sciences, QU Health-Qatar University.
Wasaif AlShammariBiomedical Sciences Department-College of Health Sciences, QU Health-Qatar University.ORCID 0000-0002-6541-7654
Noura YounesClinical Chemistry Lab, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Moataz BashahMetabolic Unit, Surgery Department, Hammed Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar.
Hamad Medical Corporation · QAQatar University · QAInstitute of Biomedical Science · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeObesity is a chronic disorder characterized by a low-grade inflammatory state and immune cell irregularities. The study aimed to follow up on the changes in the peripheral CD4+ T lymphocytes and the pro-inflammatory cytokines; IL-6, TNF-alpha, MCP-1, and IL-10 at baseline and 12 weeks post-surgical intervention by the laparoscopic gastric sleeve (LGS) in morbidly obese patients (class III obesity subjects). MATERIALS AND

methodsA prospective longitudinal research included 24 class III obesity subjects with a BMI > 40 kg/m

resultsThe means (SD) of age and BMI of class III obesity subjects was 32.32 (8.36) years and 49.02 (6.28) kg/m

conclusionWeight loss by LGS accomplished a substantial rise of Treg and decreased EM T-lymphocytes with a shift from pro-inflammatory to the anti-inflammatory pattern.

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class III obesityfollow upimmunitylaparoscope gastric sleeve surgeryperipheral CD4+ T-lymphocytesT-regulatory cells

Identifiers

PMID33981153
PMCPMC8108539
OpenAlexW3157358788

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