Emerging interface between metabolic syndrome and asthma

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-275

  Agrawal, Anurag ^a   Mabalirajan, Ulaganathan ^a   Ahmad, Tanveer ^a   Ghosh, Balaram ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ADMA; Arginine; Hyperinsulinism; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; SIMVASTATIN; SOMATOMEDIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ASTHMA; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; SOMATOMEDINS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 79952236468     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2010-0141TR     Document Type: Review

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