Airway inflammation is augmented by obesity and fatty acids in asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 594-602

  Scott, H A ^a,b   Gibson, P G ^a,b   Garg, M L ^c   Wood, L G ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Inflammation; Leptin; Neutrophils; Obesity; Saturated fat

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SALBUTAMOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MARKER; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BRONCHI; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELL SURVIVAL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 80053091650     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00139810     Document Type: Article

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