An assay to evaluate the long term effects of inflammatory mediators on airway smooth muscle: Evidence that TNF α up-regulates 5-HT 2A mediated contraction

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 943-944

  Johnson, Simon R ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway remodelling; Airway smooth muscle; Asthma; Organ culture; Tumour necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; AUTACOID; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METAPLASIA; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TIME; TISSUE CULTURE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036897777     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704994     Document Type: Note

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