Sex differences in the association between neck circumference and asthma.

Introduction: The association between obesity and asthma control/quality of life commonly relies on body mass index (BMI) as the anthropomorphic measure. Due to limitations of BMI and the existence of alternative measures, such as neck circumference (NC), we examined the association between NC and asthma control/quality of life, with particular attention to male-female differences.

Materials And Methods: The AsthMaP-2 Project is an observational study of youth with physician-diagnosed asthma.

Anti-adaptors provide multiple modes for regulation of the RssB adaptor protein.

RpoS, an RNA polymerase σ factor, controls the response of Escherichia coli and related bacteria to multiple stress responses. During nonstress conditions, RpoS is rapidly degraded by ClpXP, mediated by the adaptor protein RssB, a member of the response regulator family. In response to stress, RpoS degradation ceases.