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Role of adiponectin, resistin and monocyte chemo-attractant protein-1 in overweight/obese asthma phenotype in children.
BMC pediatrics - 6 May 2023
Osman Abeer M E, Motawie Ayat A M, Abd Al-Aziz Amany M, Mostafa Nadia A A, Hasan Nehal S, El-Baz Mohamed S
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BACKGROUND: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways with diverse overlapping pathologies and phenotypes contributing to a significant heterogeneity in clinical manifestations. Obesity may modify asthma risk, phenotype, and prognosis. A suggested mechanism linking obesity and asthma is through systemic inflammation. Adipokines secreted by adipose tissue were suggested to provide a link between...
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