Hammoudeh Samer, Gadelhak Wessam, Janahi Ibrahim A
Medical Research Center, Research Affairs, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Pediatric Pulmonology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Ann Thorac Med. 2019 Apr-Jun;14(2):116-121. doi: 10.4103/atm.ATM_115_18.
This paper aims to cover the current status of asthma and obesity in the Middle East, as well as to introduce the various studies tying the two diseases; further expanding on the proposed mechanisms. Finally, the paper covers recent literature related to sphingolipids and its role in asthma, followed by recommendations and future directions. In preparation of this paper, we searched PubMed and Google Scholar, with no restrictions, using the following terms; asthma, obesity, Middle East, sphingolipids. We also used the reference list of retrieved articles to further expand on the pool of articles that were used for this review.
本文旨在阐述中东地区哮喘与肥胖的现状，介绍将这两种疾病联系起来的各类研究；进一步详述所提出的相关机制。最后，本文涵盖了与鞘脂及其在哮喘中的作用相关的近期文献，随后给出了建议和未来研究方向。在撰写本文时，我们在无限制条件下搜索了PubMed和谷歌学术，使用了以下检索词：哮喘、肥胖、中东、鞘脂。我们还利用检索到的文章的参考文献列表，进一步扩充了用于本综述的文章库。
