Article
Markers of airway smooth muscle cell phenotype.
The American journal of physiology - 1 Jun 1996
Halayko A J, Salari H, MA X, Stephens N L
Abstract excerpt
Airway smooth muscle plays a principal role in the pathogenesis of asthma. Primary cultures are being used to investigate airway myocyte proliferation and cellular pathways regulating contraction. Airway smooth muscle cells (SMC) modulate from a contractile to a noncontractile phenotype in cultur...
Topics
- Animals
- Biomarkers
- Cell Division
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- Contractile Proteins
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Dogs
- Fibroblasts
- Muscle, Smooth
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Artery
- Time Factors
- Trachea