Article
Caveolin-1 is required for contractile phenotype expression by airway smooth muscle cells.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine - 1 Nov 2011
Gosens Reinoud, Stelmack Gerald L, Bos Sophie T, Dueck Gordon, Mutawe Mark M, Schaafsma Dedmer, Unruh Helmut, Gerthoffer William T, Zaagsma Johan, Meurs Herman, Halayko Andrew J
Abstract excerpt
Airway smooth muscle cells exhibit phenotype plasticity that underpins their ability to contribute both to acute bronchospasm and to the features of airway remodelling in chronic asthma. A feature of mature, contractile smooth muscle cells is the presence of abundant caveolae, plasma membrane invaginations that develop from the association of lipid rafts with caveolin-1, but the functional role of caveolae and...
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