New perspectives on the mechanical basis for airway hyperreactivity and airway hypersensitivity in asthma

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1710-1719

  Affonce, Derek A ^a   Lutchen, Kenneth R ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway remodeling; Airway walls

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LUNG; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33845430769     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00344.2006     Document Type: Article

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