University of Tennessee Health Science: Makowski, Pierre Publish Findings on Obesity and Response to Cancer Therapy
June 25, 2021
June 25, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 25 (TNSJou) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news:
Liza Makowski, PhD, professor in the Department of Medicine and the UTHSC Center for Cancer Research, has long been interested in how the immune system is altered by obesity and how this impacts cancer risk and treatment.
"Obesity is complex, because it can cause both inflammation and activate counter-inflammation pathways leading to immunosuppressio . . .
Liza Makowski, PhD, professor in the Department of Medicine and the UTHSC Center for Cancer Research, has long been interested in how the immune system is altered by obesity and how this impacts cancer risk and treatment.
"Obesity is complex, because it can cause both inflammation and activate counter-inflammation pathways leading to immunosuppressio . . .