Therapeutic interventions aimed at reducing airway smooth muscle growth

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 311-316

  Martin, J G ^a   Greenstone, E A ^a   Maghni, K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Airway smooth muscle phenotype; Bronchoconstriction; Chemokines; Cysteinyl leukotrienes; Growth factors; Interdependence

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHEMOKINE; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE; EOTAXIN; FENOTEROL; GROWTH FACTOR; LEUKOTRIENE D4 DERIVATIVE; MATRIX PROTEIN; NEDOCROMIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RANTES; SALBUTAMOL;

AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MECHANISM; ELASTICITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; HYPERVENTILATION; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE SPASM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033772606     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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