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Persistence of intrinsic neurones and possible phenotypic changes after extrinsic denervation of human respiratory tract by heart-lung transplantation.
The American review of respiratory disease - 1 Jun 1990
Springall D R, Polak J M, Howard L, Power R F, Krausz T, Manickam S, Banner N R, Khagani A, Rose M, Yacoub M H
Abstract excerpt
Respiratory tract nerves have cell bodies outside (sensory, sympathetic) and inside (parasympathetic) the organ and contain bioactive peptides. These include calcitonin gene-related peptide and tachykinins (sensory nerves), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (parasympathetic nerves), and neuropeptide with tyrosine (sympathetic nerves). Because transplantation interrupts the extrinsic nerve supply to the tissues,...
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