Nuciferine, an active ingredient derived from lotus leaf, lights up the way for the potential treatment of obesity and obesity-related diseases

Y Wan, J Xia, J Xu, L Chen, Y Yang, JJ Wu… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obesity, is an increasingly global public health problem associated complications. However,
the proven anti-obesity agents are inefficient with adverse side effects; hence attention is …

Obesity and the lung: what we know today

JM Brock, A Billeter, BP Müller-Stich, F Herth - Respiration, 2021 - karger.com
Obesity is becoming more and more prevalent especially in Western industrial nations. The
understanding of adipose tissue as an endocrine organ as well as the detection of …

Post COVID-19 symptoms are common, also among young adults in the general population

I Mogensen, S Ekström, J Hallberg, A Georgelis… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Post coronavirus disease-19 (post COVID-19) is mainly studied in clinical populations and
less is known about post COVID-19 in a young general population. The aim of the study is to …

Bidirectional association between GERD and asthma: two longitudinal follow-up studies using a national sample cohort

SY Kim, C Min, DJ Oh, HG Choi - The Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background A relation between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and asthma has
been suggested; however, causality has not been investigated. Objective This study aimed …

Immunologic and non-immunologic mechanisms leading to airway remodeling in asthma

L Fang, Q Sun, M Roth - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Asthma increases worldwide without any definite reason and patient numbers double every
10 years. Drugs used for asthma therapy relax the muscles and reduce inflammation, but …

Long-term effect of asthma on the development of obesity among adults: an international cohort study, ECRHS

S Moitra, AE Carsin, MJ Abramson, S Accordini… - Thorax, 2023 - thorax.bmj.com
Introduction Obesity is a known risk factor for asthma. Although some evidence showed
asthma causing obesity in children, the link between asthma and obesity has not been …

Basis of preventive and non-pharmacological interventions in asthma

VJ Clemente-Suárez, J Mielgo-Ayuso… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Asthma is one of the most common atopic disorders in all stages of life. Its etiology is likely
due to a complex interaction between genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Due to …

Decoding inflammation, its causes, genomic responses, and emerging countermeasures

J Hawiger, J Zienkiewicz - Scandinavian journal of immunology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammation is the mechanism of diseases caused by microbial, autoimmune, allergic,
metabolic and physical insults that produce distinct types of inflammatory responses. This …

Paediatric asthma and non‐allergic comorbidities: A review of current risk and proposed mechanisms

BK Brew, EC Osvald, T Gong… - Clinical & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is increasingly recognized that children with asthma are at a higher risk of other non‐
allergic concurrent diseases than the non‐asthma population. A plethora of recent research …

A review on the pathophysiology of asthma remission

OA Carpaij, JK Burgess, HAM Kerstjens… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition, which is highly prevalent worldwide. Although no
cure is currently available, it is well recognized that some asthma patients can …