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Brock JM, Billeter A, Müller-Stich BP, Herth F. Obesity and the Lung: What We Know Today. Respiration 2020; 99:856-866. [PMID: 33242862 DOI: 10.1159/000509735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Obesity is becoming more and more prevalent especially in Western industrial nations. The understanding of adipose tissue as an endocrine organ as well as the detection of adipocytokines - hormones that are secreted from the adipose tissue - gave reason to examine the interactions between adipose tissue and target organs. These efforts have been intensified especially in the context of bariatric surgery as promising weight loss therapy. Interactions between the lung and adipose tissue have rarely been investigated and are not well understood. There are obvious mechanical effects of obesity on lung function explaining the associations between obesity and lung diseases, in particular obesity hypoventilation syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The rise in the prevalence of obesity affects the epidemiology of pulmonary diseases as well. The aim of this review is to summarize the current knowledge on interactions, associations, and consequences of obesity and weight loss on lung function and lung diseases. Based on these data, areas for future research are identified.
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Affiliation(s)
- Judith Maria Brock
- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik and Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRCH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany,
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik and Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRCH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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de Vries M, Axson EL, Ratanachina J, Dumas O, De Matteis S, Bédard A, Roda C, Moitra S, Dagli E, Dimanti A, Dilektasli AG, Ravara S, Amaral AF. European Respiratory Society International Congress 2018: four shades of epidemiology and tobacco control. ERJ Open Res 2019; 5:00217-2018. [PMID: 30847352 PMCID: PMC6397917 DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00217-2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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In this article, early career members and experienced members of the Epidemiology and Environment Assembly of the European Respiratory Society highlight and summarise a selection of six sessions from the Society's annual congress, which in 2018 was held in Paris, France. The topics covered in these sessions span from cutting-edge molecular epidemiology of lung function to clinical, occupational and environmental epidemiology of respiratory disease, and from emergent tobacco products to tobacco control.
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- Maaike de Vries
- University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Dept of Epidemiology, Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Population Health and Occupational Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Population Health and Occupational Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
- King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dept of Preventive and Social Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- INSERM, U1168, VIMA: Aging and chronic diseases, Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, France
- Universite de Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny le Bretonneux, France
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- Population Health and Occupational Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
- INSERM U1153, HERA team: Health Environmental Risk Assessment, Paris Descartes University, Paris Faculty of Pharmacy, Paris, France
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- Midwifery Department of University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
- Dept of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, University of Athens Medical School, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Health Sciences Research Centre (CICS-UBI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
- Public Health Research Centre, National School of Public Health, NOVA University, Lisbon, Portugal
- CHUCB, University Hospital, Covilha, Portugal
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- Population Health and Occupational Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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