Airway smooth muscle cell culture: Application to studies of airway wall remodelling and phenotype plasticity in asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 808-820

  Hirst, S J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; asthma; cell culture; extracellular matrix; phenotype; remodelling

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CELL CULTURE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOGS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHENOTYPE; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SHEEP;

EID: 0029893416     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09040808     Document Type: Review

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