Role of airway smooth muscle

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 6 II, 1996, Pages

  Black, Judith L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN KINASE C; SPASMOGEN; STEROID;

ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SENSITIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 0030003127     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/153.6_pt_2.s2     Document Type: Article

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