Molecular signaling and targets from itch: Lessons for cough

Cough

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  LaVinka, Pamela Colleen ^a   Dong, Xingzhong ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

A fibers; Airway; C fibers; Cough; GPCRs; Inflammation; Itch; Mast cells; Skin; TRPs

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN; BRADYKININ; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H4 RECEPTOR; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; IRRITANT AGENT; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ A; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 4; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SLOW ADAPTING RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL A1; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

BRONCHUS MUCOSA; COUGHING; DEGRANULATION; GANGLION; HUMAN; MAST CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; REVIEW;

EID: 84874519786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-9974-9-8     Document Type: Review

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