Mechanisms of smooth muscle contraction elicited by cationic proteins in guinea pig trachealis

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 1 14-1, 1996, Pages

  Strek, Mary E ^b   Williams, Felicia S ^b   Gleich, Gerald J ^b   Leff, Alan R ^b   White, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

airway smooth muscle reactivity; eosinophils; major basic protein

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; INDOMETACIN; MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; POLYARGININE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; EOSINOPHIL; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN METABOLISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

EID: 0030063484     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1996.270.1.l133     Document Type: Article

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