Biophysical basis for airway hyperresponsiveness

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 700-714

  An, Steven S ^a   Fredberg, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Cytoskeleton; Malleability; Plasticity; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN BETA; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE;

ADAPTATION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BIOMECHANICS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 35648994426     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y07-059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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