Communications Biology (Jun 2022)

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in subcutaneous fat but not visceral fat, and the disruption of fat lymphocyte homeostasis in both fat tissues in the macaque

  • Anaëlle Olivo,
  • Romain Marlin,
  • Thierry Lazure,
  • Pauline Maisonnasse,
  • Laetitia Bossevot,
  • Christelliah Mouanga,
  • Julien Lemaitre,
  • Guillaume Pourcher,
  • Stéphane Benoist,
  • Roger Le Grand,
  • Olivier Lambotte,
  • Nathalie Dereuddre-Bosquet,
  • Christine Bourgeois

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03503-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Subcutaneous fat tissue expresses higher angiotensin-converting-enzyme 2 mRNA than visceral fat tissue and is selectively infected by SARS-Cov-2, while both fat tissues show drastic reduction in CD69 expression in T cells.