The biophysics of asthmatic airway smooth muscle

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 125-140

  Stephens, Newman L ^a   Li, Weilong ^a   Jiang, He ^a   Unruh, H ^a   Ma, Xuefei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway, smooth muscle; Disease, asthma; Mammals, dog, humans; Muscle, smooth, airway, plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALPHA ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; CALCIUM ION; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PAXILLIN; TALIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FORCE; HUMAN; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; LOADING TEST; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REACTION TIME; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STARLING LAW; THEORY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0141457451     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9048(03)00142-3     Document Type: Article

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