New Research May Explain Why Obese People Have Higher Rates of Asthma
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
A new study led by Columbia University Medical Center researchers has found that leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in energy metabolism, fertility, and bone mass, also regulates airway diameter. The findings could explain why obese people are prone to asthma and suggest that medications that increase leptin-signaling may relieve asthma in obese people. The study, conducted in mice, was published in the journal Cell Metabolism.