Obesity increases allergic airway inflammation that can be successfully treated by oral tolerance

Affiliations

• ¹ Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ² Functional Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
• ³ Clinical Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ⁴ Department of Medicine III and Karl Landsteiner Institute for Metabolic Diseases and Nephrology, Clinic Hietzing, Vienna, Austria.
• ⁵ Joint Microbiome Facility of the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ⁶ Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.