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Microbial Endocrinology: Interkingdom Signaling in Infectious Disease and Health pp 263–288Cite as

The Role of the Microbiome in the Relationship of Asthma and Affective Disorders

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The effect of stress, anxiety and other affective states on inflammatory conditions such as asthma is well documented. Although several immune pathway mechanisms have been proposed and studied, they cannot fully explain the relationship. In this chapter we present a new perspective on asthma development and exacerbation that integrates findings on the role of psychological factors in asthma with the microbiome and the hygiene hypothesis in asthma development.

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Trueba, A.F., Ritz, T., Trueba, G. (2016). The Role of the Microbiome in the Relationship of Asthma and Affective Disorders. In: Lyte, M. (eds) Microbial Endocrinology: Interkingdom Signaling in Infectious Disease and Health. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology(), vol 874. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20215-0_13

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