ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Do Intestinal Unicellular Parasites Have a Role in the Inflammatory and Redox Status among the Severely Obese?
Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06481020 (Effect of Plant Sterols on Inflammatory, Endothelial Function and Oxidative Stress Markers, Microbiota and Sterol Metabolism in a Cardiovascular Risk Population), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Effect of Plant Sterols on Inflammatory, Endothelial Function and Oxidative Stress Markers, Microbiota and Sterol Metabolism in a Cardiovascular Risk Population
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- Parasites and allergies: a complex bidirectional relationship from evolutionary origins to modern therapeutics.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2026Review
- Interplay of obesity and parasitic infection: current evidence of immunogenesis, tumorigenesis and leptin receptor involvement.Nutrition & metabolism · 2025Review
- Blastocystis colonization and associations with population parameters in Thai adults.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Gut microbiome and NAFLD: impact and therapeutic potential.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
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Abstract
The diagnosis of obesity comprises subjects with totally different phenotypes and metabolic profiles. Systemic inflammation and oxidative stress derived from the white adipose tissue are suggested as the link between this disease and the development of insulin resistance and metabolic comorbidities. The presence of unicellular eukaryotic parasites colonizing the human gut ecosystem is a common circumstance, and yet their influence on the inflammatory and redox status of the obese host has not been assessed. Herein, a set of inflammatory and redox biomarkers were assessed together with a parasitological analysis of 97 severely obese subjects. Information was also collected on insulin resistance and on the antioxidant composition of the diet. The global prevalence of intestinal unicellular parasites was 49.5%, with
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