Dietary factors lead to innate immune activation in asthma

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-53

  Wood, Lisa G ^a,b   Gibson, Peter G ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Asthma; Diet; Fatty acids; Innate immunity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LYCOPENE; MACROLIDE; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM SELENITE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIPID DIET; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTHMA; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; OBESITY; RISK;

EID: 65749118329     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2009.03.015     Document Type: Review

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