Selected contribution: Time course and heterogeneity of contractile responses in cultured human airway smooth muscle cells

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 986-994

  Fabry, Ben ^a   Maksym, Geoffrey N ^b   Shore, Stephanie A ^a   Moore, Paul E ^a   Panettieri Jr , Reynold A ^c   Butler, James P ^a   Fredberg, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Bridge dynamics; Cell mechanics; Cytoskeleton; Muscle contraction; Muscle relaxation; Myosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; BUCLADESINE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; HISTAMINE; INTEGRIN; MYOSIN;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOSKELETON; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNETISM; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

EID: 0034912733     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.91.2.986     Document Type: Article

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