Progress of obese asthma in children / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Bronchial asthma and obesity are two chronic diseases that do harm to children′s health.The incidence of the two diseases is increasing, and they promote each other appearing to be causal.This paper reviews the clinical characteristics, atopy, potential biomarkers of obese asthma in children, as well as obesity-mediated metabolic abnormalities and immune responses, including inflammatory factors in fat and the role of adipokines in obese asthma.