Models to study airway smooth muscle contraction in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro: Implications in understanding asthma

Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-36

  Wright, David ^a   Sharma, Pawan ^b   Ryu, Min Hyung ^c   Rissé, Paul Andre ^d   Ngo, Melanie ^c   Maarsingh, Harm ^e   Koziol White, Cynthia ^f   Jha, Aruni ^c   Halayko, Andrew J ^c   West, Adrian R ^g  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Animal models; Asthma; Cell culture; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HORSE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84873166660     PISSN: 10945539     EISSN: 15229629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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