Methylxanthines in asthma

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 200, Issue , 2011, Pages 439-456

  Tilley, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine receptors; Airway smooth muscle; Asthma; Mast cell; Methylxanthines; Phosphodiesterase; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; AMINOPHYLLINE; CALCIUM; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; ENPROFYLLINE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; METHYLXANTHINE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ASTHMA; BREATHING PATTERN; BRONCHODILATATION; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; NAUSEA; NEWBORN APNEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; HUMANS; LUNG; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PURINERGIC P1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 77957577242     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13443-2_17     Document Type: Review

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