Serum resistin as an asthma marker and predictor of inhaled corticosteroid response in bronchial asthma in children

Adipokines are factors produced by adipose tissue, that may be proinflammatory (such as leptin and resistin) or anti-inflammatory (such as adiponectin). Effects of these adipokines on the lungs have the potential to evoke or exacerbate asthma. Aim: Our aim was to assess if serum resistin level is ch...

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Main Authors: Hassan M. Al-Asy, Maali M. Mabrouk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763816300814