Fatty airways: implications for obstructive disease

BMI but not central obesity predisposes to airway closure during bronchoconstriction

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Unravelling a Clinical Paradox - Why Does Bronchial Thermoplasty Work in Asthma?

(2018) Graham M Donovan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Eosinophils support adipocyte maturation and promote glucose tolerance in obesity

(2018) Eun-Hui Lee et al.   Scientific Reports

The Mesenteric Fat and Intestinal Muscle Interface: Creeping Fat Influencing Stricture Formation in Crohn’s Disease

(2018) Ren Mao et al.   INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

Mechanisms of Asthma in Obesity. Pleiotropic Aspects of Obesity Produce Distinct Asthma Phenotypes

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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Pathogenesis and Disease Spectrum

(2016) Timothy Hardy et al.   Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease

Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants

(2016)   LANCET

Increased Epicardial Adipose Tissue Is Associated with the Airway Dominant Phenotype of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Potential role of the airway wall in the asthma of obesity

(2015) Jason H. T. Bates et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Distribution of airway smooth muscle remodelling in asthma: Relation to airway inflammation

(2014) John G. Elliot et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Elevated Sputum Interleukin-5 and Submucosal Eosinophilia in Obese Individuals with Severe Asthma

(2013) Dhananjay Desai et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Airway Smooth Muscle Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia in Asthma

(2012) Alan L. James et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Obesity Is a Determinant of Asthma Control Independent of Inflammation and Lung Mechanics

(2011) Claude S. Farah et al.   CHEST

Patterns of airway disease and the clinical diagnosis of asthma in the Busselton population

(2011) A. W. Musk et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Airway inflammation is augmented by obesity and fatty acids in asthma

(2011) H. A. Scott et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Impaired response to deep inspiration in obesity

(2011) Gwen Skloot et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Mechanotransduction in adipocytes

(2011) Naama Shoham et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9·1 million participants

(2011) Mariel M Finucane et al.   LANCET

Asthma and obesity: A known association but unknown mechanism

(2011) CLAUDE S. FARAH et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Sex Differences

(2010) Akshay Sood   EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES REVIEWS

Identification of Asthma Phenotypes Using Cluster Analysis in the Severe Asthma Research Program

(2009) Wendy C. Moore et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Sex and Depot Differences in Adipocyte Insulin Sensitivity and Glucose Metabolism

(2009) Y. Macotela et al.   DIABETES

The Effects of Leptin on Airway Smooth Muscle Responses

(2008) Parameswaran Nair et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY