Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3339848 | Allergologia et Immunopathologia | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
As expected overweight patients with BMI â¥Â 25 and patients with increased waist circumference showed higher leptin levels. We suggest that the studied cytokines, with a stronger indication for leptin, can elicit asthmatic inflammation in obese phenotype of asthma that affects more frequently women.
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M. Muc, A. Todo-Bom, A. Mota-Pinto, S. Vale-Pereira, C. Loureiro,