On Ca2+ sensitivity and the airways: Not just any smooth muscle

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 680-682

  Ward, Jeremy P T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; DIACYLGLYCEROL; FORSKOLIN; HYDROLASE INHIBITOR; ISOPRENALINE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SALMETEROL; CALCIUM;

ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHODILATATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; TRACHEA MUSCLE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; BRONCHUS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NOTE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; CALCIUM; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; TRACHEA;

EID: 33847359571     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00099406     Document Type: Editorial

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