Full Description
Mechanisms and Manifestations of Obesity in Lung Disease is a complete resource on the epidemiology and molecular mechanisms related to obesity and lung disease. Obesity has not simply changed the epidemiology of pulmonary disease, it has had a profound impact on the pathophysiology of common pulmonary diseases. As the obesity epidemic has taken hold throughout the developed world, scientists and clinicians are now challenged with identifying the mechanisms by which obesity alters lung health and the pathogenesis of lung diseases. This book is an important new resource for both clinicians and scientists dealing with these new health problems in pulmonary medicine.
Contents
1. Adipose Tissue Metabolism and Inflammation in Obesity 2. Complex Interface Between Immunity and Metabolism: The Lung as a Target Organ 3. Obesity and Lung Function: From Childhood to Adulthood 4. Obesity and Obstructive Lung Disease: An Epidemiologic Review 5. Mechanistic Insights from Human Studies of Asthma 6. Obesity and Asthma: What Have We Learned from Animal Models? 7. Obesity, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, and Obstructive Lung Disease 8. Metabolic Syndrome and Sleep Apnea: A Bidirectional Relationship 9. Obesity and Pulmonary Hypertension 10. Influence of Obesity on the Response to Influenza Infection and Vaccination 11. Obesity and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 12. Obesity and the Microbiome: Big Changes on a Small Scale? 13. Apolipoproteins as Context-Dependent Regulators of Lung Inflammation
