title: Peripheral airways dysfunction in obesity reflects increased bronchomotor tone.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. Electronic address: Alpa.Desai@stonybrookmedicine.edu.
authors.forename: Alpa G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
authors.forename: Alkis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Togias
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Clyde
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schechter
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Aimee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parow
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Gwen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Skloot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D000420:Albuterol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013147:Spirometry
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D000420:Albuterol