Obesity and asthma

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-102

  Shore, Stephanie A ^a   Johnston, Richard A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Airway responsiveness; Atopy; Inflammation; Leptin

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; ISOPRENALINE; METHACHOLINE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OVALBUMIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; RECOMBINANT TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY MASS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG VOLUME; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 32644470056     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2005.10.002     Document Type: Review

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