2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The effects of artificial sweetener to bronchial asthma
| Project/Area Number |
25461162
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Respiratory organ internal medicine
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| Research Institution | Nagasaki University |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWANO Tetsuya 長崎大学, 病院(医学系), 助教 (50457511)
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| Research Collaborator |
OBASE Yasushi
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 人工甘味料 / 気管支喘息 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Nowadays, artificial sweeteners are very popular in our daily diet. Because, the number of obesity people is increasing in the world. On the other hand, many reports suggest the risk of artificial sweeteners to our health. Many reports showed that artificial sweeteners increase the risk of obesity and diabetes type 2.Aspartame is a representative artificial sweetener most commonly used in the world. So, the health risks of aspartame are drawing attention.
Our study shows that aspartame exacerbated allergic airway inflammation in dose dependent manner.And,the results suggested that asprtame itself could cause allergic airway inflammation.
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| Free Research Field |
呼吸器学
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