A Comparative Study of Lung Host Defense in Murine Obesity Models. Insights into Neutrophil Function

Innate and ozone-induced airway hyperresponsiveness in obese mice: role of TNF-α

(2015) Alison Suzanne Williams et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Regulation of Adaptive Immunity in Health and Disease by Cholesterol Metabolism

(2015) Michael B. Fessler   CURRENT ALLERGY AND ASTHMA REPORTS

Obesity Increases Mortality and Modulates the Lung Metabolome during Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus Infection in Mice

(2015) J. Justin Milner et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

(2014) Marie Ng et al.   LANCET

Impaired Clearance of Influenza A Virus in Obese, Leptin Receptor Deficient Mice Is Independent of Leptin Signaling in the Lung Epithelium and Macrophages

(2014) Kathryn A. Radigan et al.   PLoS One

No Impairment in Host Defense against Streptococcus pneumoniae in Obese CPEfat/fat Mice

(2014) Peter Mancuso et al.   PLoS One

The Role of Leptin in the Development of Pulmonary Neutrophilia in Infection and Acute Lung Injury*

(2013) Niki D. Ubags et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Impaired Innate Mucosal Immunity in Aged Mice Permits Prolonged Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization

(2013) Cassandra L. Krone et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Diet-Induced Obese Mice Exhibit Altered Heterologous Immunity during a Secondary 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Infection

(2013) J. J. Milner et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Body mass index and risk of pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2013) D. T. Phung et al.   Obesity Reviews

Diet-induced obesity reprograms the inflammatory response of the murine lung to inhaled endotoxin

(2013) Susan C. Tilton et al.   TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY

Populations at risk for severe or complicated influenza illness: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2013) D. Mertz et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Obesity Is Associated with Neutrophil Dysfunction and Attenuation of Murine Acute Lung Injury

(2012) Lauren L. Kordonowy et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Mobilization by Cholesterol Efflux Pathways

(2012) Marit Westerterp et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Obesity is associated with improved survival in community-acquired pneumonia

(2012) Anika Singanayagam et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Effects of acute and chronic low density lipoprotein exposure on neutrophil function

(2012) Tatsiana Palvinskaya et al.   PULMONARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

Hemolytic Phospholipase C Inhibition Protects Lung Function duringPseudomonas aeruginosaInfection

(2011) Matthew J. Wargo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Leptin Promotes Fibroproliferative Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Inhibiting Peroxisome Proliferator–activated Receptor-γ

(2011) Manu Jain et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Obese mice have increased morbidity and mortality compared to non-obese mice during infection with the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus

(2011) Judith D. Easterbrook et al.   Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

Obesity is associated with higher risk of intensive care unit admission and death in influenza A (H1N1) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2011) L. Fezeu et al.   Obesity Reviews

The Association Between BMI and Plasma Cytokine Levels in Patients With Acute Lung Injury

(2010) Renee D. Stapleton et al.   CHEST

The obesity paradox in community-acquired bacterial pneumonia

(2010) Vicente F. Corrales-Medina et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Onset of obesity in carboxypeptidase E-deficient mice and effect on airway responsiveness and pulmonary responses to ozone

(2010) Richard A. Johnston et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Leptin Modulates Innate and Adaptive Immune Cell Recruitment after Cigarette Smoke Exposure in Mice

(2010) J. H. J. Vernooy et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Dyslipidemia Induces Opposing Effects on Intrapulmonary and Extrapulmonary Host Defense through Divergent TLR Response Phenotypes

(2010) J. H. Madenspacher et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Site and Strain-Specific Variation in Gut Microbiota Profiles and Metabolism in Experimental Mice

(2010) Melissa K. Friswell et al.   PLoS One

Hypercholesterolemia promotes bone marrow cell mobilization by perturbing the SDF-1:CXCR4 axis

(2009) A. L. Gomes et al.   BLOOD

Pulmonary responses to subacute ozone exposure in obese vs. lean mice

(2009) Stephanie A. Shore et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Body mass index is associated with the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome

(2009) M N Gong et al.   THORAX

Effect of obesity on pulmonary inflammation induced by acute ozone exposure: role of interleukin-6

(2008) Jason E. Lang et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Defects in Innate Immunity Predispose C57BL/6J-Leprdb/Leprdb Mice to Infection by Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) S. Park et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Diet-induced obesity causes innate airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine and enhances ozone-induced pulmonary inflammation

(2008) Richard A. Johnston et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

A role for leptin in sustaining lymphopoiesis and myelopoiesis

(2008) K. Claycombe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA