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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Leukoc Biol. 2018 May 15;104(3):487–497. doi: 10.1002/JLB.5RI1017-401RR

Figure 2. Obesity-cancer-immune system triad.

Figure 2

Obesity directly promotes tumor progression through metabolic and inflammatory disturbances and indirectly through suppression of immune response. The impact of obesity on immune system can be both promotion of inflammation and suppression of response.