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Role of adipose tissue during COVID-19: from pathophysiology to therapeutic perspectives.

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Funder

    ANR

  • Principal Investigator

    Olivier BOURRON

  • Research Location

    France

  • Lead Research Institution

    UMRS 1138 Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers - Inserm

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Pathogen morphology, shedding & natural history

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

The COVIFAT project coordinated by Olivier Bourron (UMRS 1138 Cordeliers Research Center - Inserm) aims to determine the pathogenesis of the infection of adipose tissue by SARS-CoV2. In particular, he will study whether the virus more easily infects the adipose tissue of obese patients compared to patients without overweight, whether it has a particular tropism for visceral or subcutaneous adipose tissue and what are the target cell types of SARS-CoV2 in breast fat tissue.