Article
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 neuropept...
Topics
- Adult
- Denervation
- Female
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Heart-Lung Transplantation
- Humans
- Male
- Nerve Fibers
- Neurons
- Neuropeptide Y
- Neuropeptides
- Phenotype
- Respiratory System
- Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
- Ubiquitin Thiolesterase