Airway basement membrane perimeter in human airways is not a constant; potential implications for airway remodeling in asthma

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 556-563

  McParland, Brent E ^a   Paré, Peter D ^c   Johnson, Peter R A ^a   Armour, Carol L ^b   Black, Judith L ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchial hyperreactivity; Morphometry; Pathology; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY REMODELING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE PERIMETER; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; FIXATION PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG INFLATION; MORPHOMETRICS; PERIMETER; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE;

ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERFUSION;

EID: 3242702241     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00982.2003     Document Type: Article

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