Phenotype and functional plasticity of airway smooth muscle: Role of caveolae and caveolins

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-88

  Halayko, Andrew J ^a,b,d   Tran, Thai ^a,b   Gosens, Reinoud ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Manitoba Institute of Child Health   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contraction; Dystrophin dystroglycan complex; G protein coupled receptors; Intracellular Ca2+; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADRENOCHROME; CALCIUM; CAVEOLIN 1; DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CAVEOLA; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; CAVEOLAE; CAVEOLINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DYSTROGLYCANS; DYSTROPHIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 37849043647     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200705-057VS     Document Type: Review

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