Bronchospasm and its biophysical basis in airway smooth muscle

Airways hyperresponsiveness is a cardinal feature of asthma but remains unexplained. In asthma, the airway smooth muscle cell is the key end-effector of bronchospasm and acute airway narrowing, but in just the past five years our understanding of the relationship of responsiveness to muscle biophysi...

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Main Author: Fredberg, Jeffrey J
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2004
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC387531/