Malnutrition drives infection susceptibility and dysregulated myelopoiesis that persists after refeeding intervention
Alisa Sukhina, Clémence Queriault, Saptarshi Roy, Elise Hall, Kelly Rome, Muskaan Aggarwal, Elizabeth Nunn, Ashley S. Weiss, Janet Nguyen, F. Chris Bennett, Will Bailis
This study shows that malnutrition impairs immune function and myelopoiesis in mice, which partially recovers with refeeding but does not fully restore infection resistance.
eLife · Jul 15, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology