Phenotype modulation of airway smooth muscle in asthma

Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-49

  Wright, David B ^a   Trian, Thomas ^b   Siddiqui, Sana ^c,d   Pascoe, Chris D ^e   Johnson, Jill R ^f   Dekkers, Bart G J ^g   Dakshinamurti, Shyamala ^h   Bagchi, Rushita ^h   Burgess, Janette K ⁱ   Kanabar, Varsha ^a   Ojo, Oluwaseun O ^h  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE CARDIO THORACIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Asthma; Contractile response; Phenotypic plasticity; Synthetic response

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; AUTACOID; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CAVEOLIN 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; DESMIN; DYSTROPHIN; DYSTROPHIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN COMPLEX; EOTAXIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTEGRIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LAMININ; MICRORNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE C BETA; SCLEROPROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SMOOTHELIN; TRANSGELIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 5; VIMENTIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE SWITCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84873167228     PISSN: 10945539     EISSN: 15229629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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