title: Obesity, Asthma, and the Microbiome.
abstract: Obesity is a risk factor for asthma, but standard asthma drugs have reduced efficacy in the obese. Obesity alters the gastrointestinal microbial community structure. This change in structure contributes to some obesity-related conditions and also could be contributing to obesity-related asthma. Although currently unexplored, obesity may also be altering lung microbiota. Understanding the role of microbiota in obesity-related asthma could lead to novel treatments for these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Youngji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts sshore@hsph.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shore
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D064307:Microbiota / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors