Passive stiffness of airway smooth muscle: The next target for improving airway distensibility and treatment for asthma?

Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-41

  Seow, Chun Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium sensitive resistance to stretch; Regulatable airway stiffness; Rho kinase

Indexed keywords

RHO KINASE;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CALCIUM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; TRACHEA;

EID: 84873198534     PISSN: 10945539     EISSN: 15229629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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