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The role of adipokines in obesity-associated asthma
2016-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is a risk factor for the development of asthma and plays a role in disease control, severity and airway inflammation. The relationship between asthma and adiposity is multifactorial and incorporates in-utero conditions, genetic factors, comorbidities and inflammation secondary to excess adipose tissue. Adipocytes produce cytokines, termed adipokines, which play an important role in systemic inflammation an...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 320961d0-6dd9-588d-96c3-6a3b73e3cf1a
- DOI
- 10.25560/44500