Protein Potentially Links Diet, Obesity, And Asthma

... Australian researchers have identified a new protein -- adipocyte/macrophage fatty acid--binding protein aP2 -- in human airway epithelial cells that regulates allergic airway inflammation in asthma. In addition to its role in type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis, aP2 is shown to play an essential role in allergic airway diseases, and offers an additional intriguing link between the immune and metabolic systems. The study appears online on July 13 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. ...