Selective Absence of Co-Inhibitory Receptor-Expressing CD4+ T Cells in Lungs of Obese House Dust Mite-Allergic C57BL/6 Mice.
BACKGROUND Asthma and obesity are highly prevalent chronic inflammatory diseases, the mutual pathomechanistic relationships of which have not been fully elucidated yet. We hypothesized that inflammatory mechanisms in obese adipose tissue influence the phenotype of an induced allergic airway inflammation (AAI) with alte...