Hormone link to both obesity and asthma

Hormone linked to obesity and asthma - Guardian

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"Scientists have discovered a link between obesity and asthma which may explain why overweight people are up to twice as likely to develop the respiratory condition.

The finding suggests there is a common underlying process behind many cases of combined obesity and asthma, leading doctors to believe it could pave the way for new drugs to treat both conditions.

The rapid rise in obesity in recent decades has been mirrored by a steep increase in asthma, but this is the first study to find evidence that the two could be linked.

Asthma is caused by an overreaction of the immune system, where cells that evolved in humans long ago to fight parasites such as flukes and worms instead react to grass pollen, house dust mites and pet allergens. In the lungs, these cells, known as Th2 cells, cause inflammation which triggers asthma.

Researchers at the Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma at King's College London extracted Th2 immune cells from the blood of obese asthmatics and found that as well as causing asthma, they secreted high levels of a hormone, promelanin. The hormone is usually found in the brain, where it plays a crucial role in governing appetite."

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Pregnancy hormone reverses MS damage - The New Scientist has an article about prolactin and multiple sclerosis

Pregnancy hormone reverses MS damage

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"A hormone produced during pregnancy could reverse some of the neurological damage associated with multiple sclerosis, a mouse study suggests.

The finding could help explain why women with MS suffer fewer symptoms during pregnancy. And the results suggest that the hormone - prolactin - might one day be used to treat people with the disorder."