Obesity and asthma

S Miethe, A Karsonova, A Karaulov, H Renz - Journal of Allergy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Obesity has been well recognized as an important comorbidity in patients with asthma,
representing a unique phenotype and endotype. This association indicates a close …

Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH): expression, regulation, and function in the cardiovascular and renal systems

F Palm, ML Onozato, Z Luo… - American Journal of …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
Asymmetric (NG, NG)-dimethylarginine (ADMA) inhibits nitric oxide (NO) synthases (NOS).
ADMA is a risk factor for endothelial dysfunction, cardiovascular mortality, and progression …

Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) as an important risk factor for the increased cardiovascular diseases and heart failure in chronic kidney disease

X Liu, X Xu, R Shang, Y Chen - Nitric oxide, 2018 - Elsevier
Patients with chronic kidney disease have an increased cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality. It has been recognized that the traditional cardiovascular risk factors could only …

Immunobiology of nitric oxide and regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase

M Lee, K Rey, K Besler, C Wang, J Choy - Macrophages: Origin, Functions …, 2017 - Springer
Nitric oxide (NO) is a bioactive gas that has multiple roles in innate and adaptive immune
responses. In macrophages, nitric oxide is produced by inducible nitric oxide synthase upon …

Emerging molecular phenotypes of asthma

A Ray, TB Oriss, SE Wenzel - American Journal of …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Although asthma has long been considered a heterogeneous disease, attempts to define
subgroups of asthma have been limited. In recent years, both clinical and statistical …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and its potential role in insulin resistance, diabetes and heart failure

SS Soskić, BD Dobutović, EM Sudar… - The open …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nitric oxide synthases (NOS) are the enzymes responsible for nitric oxide (NO) generation.
NO is a reactive oxygen species as well as a reactive nitrogen species. It is a free radical …

Oxidative stress in airway diseases

F Holguin - Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Airway oxidative stress is broadly defined as an imbalance between prooxidative and
antioxidative processes in the airway. Given its direct exposure to the environment, the lung …

Asthma and obesity: mechanisms and clinical implications

CW Baffi, DE Winnica, F Holguin - Asthma research and practice, 2015 - Springer
Obesity is the most common asthma co-morbidity; it has been associated with increased risk
for asthma exacerbations, worse respiratory symptoms and poor control. The exact …

An Association between l-Arginine/Asymmetric Dimethyl Arginine Balance, Obesity, and the Age of Asthma Onset Phenotype

F Holguin, SAA Comhair, SL Hazen… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Increasing body mass index (BMI) has been associated with less fractional
exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO). This may be explained by an increase in the concentration of …

Importance of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis and treatment of asthma

MA Riedl, AE Nel - Current opinion in allergy and clinical …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Our current understanding of the role of oxidative stress in asthma suggests that antioxidant
therapy may be important in optimizing asthma treatment and prevention. The future success …