Ultrastructure of human tracheal smooth muscle from subjects with asthma and nonasthmatic subjects standardized methods for comparison

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 304-314

  Syyong, Harley T ^a,b   Pascoe, Chris D ^b   Zhang, Jenny ^b   Arsenault, Bryna A ^b   Solomon, Dennis ^b   Elliott, W Mark ^b   Hackett, Tillie L ^b,c   Walker, David C ^a,b   Paré, Peter D ^b   Seow, Chun Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Force normalization; Quantitative morphometry

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOMETRICS; OSCILLATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TISSUE PREPARATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRACHEA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROTUBULES; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOSINS; TRACHEA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924104102     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: 15354989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2014-0176OC     Document Type: Article

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