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The role of the microbiome in the relationship of asthma and affective disorders

  • Southern Methodist University

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Abstract

The effect of stress, anxiety and other affective states on inflammatory conditions such as asthma is well documented. Although several immune pathway mechanisms have been proposed and studied, they cannot fully explain the relationship. In this chapter we present a new perspective on asthma development and exacerbation that integrates findings on the role of psychological factors in asthma with the microbiome and the hygiene hypothesis in asthma development.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages263-288
Number of pages26
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

Publication series

NameAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Volume874
ISSN (Print)0065-2598
ISSN (Electronic)2214-8019

Keywords

  • Anxiety
  • Asthma
  • Atopy
  • Bacteria
  • Depression
  • Microbial endocrinology
  • Stress

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