Introduction: There is a major epidemic of obesity, and many obese patients suffer with
respiratory symptoms and disease. The overall impact of obesity on lung function is …

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Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways. While the local infiltration of
eosinophils and mast cells, and their role in the disease have long been recognized …

Background Clinical and epidemiologic studies have shown that obesity is associated with
asthma and that these associations differ by asthma subtype. Little is known about the …

The term “eosinophilic” asthma (EA) generally refers to the clinical inflammatory phenotype
of asthma wherein a significant number of sputum, airway, and/or blood eosinophils are …

Asthma and obesity are two epidemics affecting the developed world. The relationship
between obesity and both asthma and severe asthma appears to be weight-dependent …

Obesity is associated with the development of asthma, which is often difficult to control. To
understand the immunological pathways that lead to obesity-associated asthma, we fed …

Patients with severe asthma represent a minority of the total asthma population, but carry a
majority of the morbidity and healthcare costs. Achieving better asthma control in this group …

The incidence of allergic diseases is increasing, both in developed and developing
countries, concomitantly with the rise in living standards and the adoption of a'western …

A link between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and lung diseases has been observed in several
cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. This syndrome has been identified as an …