Airway structural alterations selectively associated with severe asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1360-1368

  Benayoun, Laurent ^a   Druilhe, Anne ^a   Dombret, Marie Christine ^a   Aubier, Michel ^a   Pretolani, Marina ^a,b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Fibroblasts; Hypertrophy; Myosin light chain kinase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL SIZE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUCUS GLAND; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0037952701     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200209-1030OC     Document Type: Article

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