Remodeling of the airway smooth muscle cell: Are we built of glass?

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 109-124

  Fabry, Ben ^a   Fredberg, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway, lumen, smooth muscle; Disease, asthma; Muscle, smooth, reorganization; Plasticity, mechanical, airway smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; AIRFLOW; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BREATHING; BREATHING MUSCLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL KINETICS; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; FLOW KINETICS; FORCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; LIQUID; LOADING TEST; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NOISE; NOISE STANDARD; PLASTICITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SOLID; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TIDAL VOLUME; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0141569059     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9048(03)00141-1     Document Type: Article

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