The transmembrane protein 16A Ca2+-activated Cl channel in airway smooth muscle contributes to airway hyperresponsiveness

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 374-381

  Zhang, Cheng Hai ^a,b   Li, Yinchuan ^a,b   Zhao, Wei ^a   Lifshitz, Lawrence M ^b,c   Li, Hequan ^d   Harfe, Brian D ^e   Zhu, Min Sheng ^a   ZhuGe, Ronghua ^b,c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Neuroscience Genentech   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Airway smoothmuscle; TMEM16A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; BENZBROMARONE; BETA ACTIN; CALCIUM ACTIVATED CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; METHACHOLINE; NIFLUMIC ACID; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 16A; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 16B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84873974893     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201207-1303OC     Document Type: Article

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