Obesity Exacerbates the Cytokine Storm Elicited by Francisella tularensis Infection of Females and Is Associated with Increased Mortality

Figure 5

Plasma levels of proinflammatory adipokines. (a) Obese mice had significantly higher plasma levels of the inflammatory adipokine leptin compared with lean siblings (p<0.05, p<0.001 by multiple t-test). (b) A trend was observed for higher plasma levels of resistin in obese animals compared with lean animals which became significant at the time of death (p<0.05).

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