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Airway smooth muscle in asthma and COPD : biology and pharmacology /
In this book, leading researchers in medicine and molecular pharmacology explain the cellular mechanisms that control airway smooth muscle. The means by which these are disrupted in disease, and the pharmacologic strategies by which they may be modified are discussed and future therapeutic intervent...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester ; Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley & Sons,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Airway Smooth Muscle; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Biophysical basis of airway smooth muscle contraction and hyperresponsiveness in asthma; 2 Dynamics of cytoskeletal and contractile protein organization: an emerging paradigm for airway smooth muscle contraction; 3 Airway smooth muscle: role in airway constrictor hyperresponsiveness; 4 Airway smooth muscle phenotypic and functional plasticity; 5 Airway smooth muscle proliferation: insights into mechanisms regulating airway smooth muscle mass; 6 Airway smooth muscle bidirectional interactions with extracellular matrix.
- 7 Airway smooth muscle interaction with mast cells8 Airway smooth muscle synthesis of inflammatory mediators; 9 Airway smooth muscle in experimental models; 10 Altered properties of airway smooth muscle in asthma; 11 The airway smooth muscle in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); 12 Glucocorticoid actions on airway smooth muscle; 13 B2-Adrenergic receptors: effects on airway smooth muscle; 14 Asthma treatments: effects.