ArticleAnnals of thoracic medicine
A short bout of exercise impacts TH2 inflammation of patients with obesity and well-controlled asthma.
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- Bone health in asthma: a twofold effect of disease and pharmacotherapy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
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Abstract
backgroundExisting evidence suggests that regular physical activity is associated with improved outcomes in asthma. However, the impact of exercise on TH2 inflammation in patients with mild and well-controlled asthma is not well understood. This study aimed to determine if a short bout of exercise, alters serum inflammatory cytokines in obese and nonobese patients with well-controlled asthma.
methodsParticipants were categorized into three groups: normal-weight asthma (NW-A), asthma with obesity (O-A), and a control group of obesity without asthma (O-Ctrl). Serum cytokines were measured before and at the peak of a cardiopulmonary exercise and tested using a cycle ergometer.
resultsA total of 43 participants were included: NW-A (
conclusionA short bout of exercise modifies the inflammatory cytokine profile in all participants, with the most significant changes observed in the O-A group. Future studies on exercise training should include inflammatory cytokine measurements to validate these findings and further explore the unique inflammatory responses in obese asthmatic patients.
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