Mediators on human airway smooth muscle

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 269-272

  Armour, Carol ^a,b   Johnson, Peter ^a   Anticevich, Sinthia ^a   Ammit, Alaina ^a   McKay, Karen ^a   Hughes, Margaret ^a   Black, Judith ^b  

^a Departments of Pharmacy   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway muscle; Atopy; Human airway; Mast cells; Mediators; Muscle growth; Sensitization; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MAST CELL; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030954902     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1997.tb01818.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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