Obesity and asthma : the role of innate immunity, adipokines and regulatory T cells

Introduction: Obesity and asthma are associated but the mechanism is poorly understood. Enhanced systemic inflammation may underlie the obesity-asthma paradigm. Although there is good mechanistic data that obesity augments the immune response as well as promoting immune dysregulation by reducing reg...

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Main Author: Pynn, Michael
Published: Swansea University 2014
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.752322