Bariatric surgery-induced weight loss reduces B cell activating cytokines and IgG immunoglobulins related to autoimmunity

Obesity is associated with a chronic inflammatory state and autoimmune diseases, but little is known about the role of B cells in this context and the changes in B cell activation factors during obesity and after weight loss. To test whether bariatric-surgery-induced weight loss ameliorates the systemic inflammatory state associated with B cell activation molecules. We conducted a prospective observational study in patients treated with...