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- Title
Airway immune response in the mouse models of obesity-related asthma.
- Authors
Jingwei Kong; Fan Yang; Minghua Bai; Yuhan Zong; Zhuqing Li; Xianghe Meng; Xiaoshan Zhao; Ji Wang
- Abstract
The prevalence rates of obesity and its complications have increased dramatically worldwide. Obesity can lead to low-grade chronic systemic inflammation, which predisposes individuals to an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Although obesity has received considerable interest in recent years, the essential role of obesity in asthma development has not been explored. Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory airway disease caused by various environmental allergens. Obesity is a critical risk factor for asthma exacerbation due to systemic inflammation, and obesity-related asthma is listed as an asthma phenotype. A suitable model can contribute to the understanding of the in-depth mechanisms of obese asthma. However, stable models for simulating clinical phenotypes and the impact of modeling on immune response vary across studies. Given that inflammation is one of the central mechanisms in asthma pathogenesis, this review will discuss immune responses in the airways of obese asthmatic mice on the basis of diverse modeling protocols.
- Subjects
IMMUNE response; ASTHMA; OBESITY complications; LABORATORY mice; WHEEZE
- Publication
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022, Vol 13, p1
- ISSN
1664-042X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fphys.2022.909209