Short title: Physical activity, immune response and pediatric asthma
Authors: Debbie J. Maurer1,2,3, Chengyao Liu1,4, Paraskevi Xepapadaki5, Claus Bachert6, Susetta Finotto7, Ya-dong Gao8, Anna Graser7, Tuomas Jartti9,10,11, Walter Kistler2,3, Marek Kowalski12, Heikki Lukkarinen9, Maria Pasioti5, Barbara Stanic1, Ge Tan1, Michael Villiger2,3, Luo Zhang4,13, Nan Zhang6, Mübeccel Akdis1, Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos5,14, Cezmi A. Akdis1,2,15
1 Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos,
Switzerland
2 Swiss Research Institute for Sports Medicine (SRISM), Davos, Switzerland
3 Department of Sports Medicine, Davos Hospital, Davos, Switzerland
4 Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
5 Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
6 Upper Airway Research Laboratory, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
7 Department of Molecular Pneumology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
8 Department of Allergology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
9 Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
10 PEDEGO Research Unit, Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
11 Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
12 Department of Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergy, Central University Hospital, Lodz, Poland
13 Department of Allergy, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
14 Division of Infection, Immunity & Respiratory Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
15 Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos, Switzerland