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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Apr 1;21(2):202–215. doi: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000725

Figure 1: Proposed Mechanisms Mediating OA in Children.

Figure 1:

Pediatric OA is a complex, heterogenous disease that is likely explained by multiple mechanisms. There is evidence to support roles for obesity-associated changes to lung structure, cytokine expression, metabolite production and hormone secretion in worsening asthma severity.