Roles of airway smooth muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Roles of airway smooth muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract The airway smooth muscle (ASM) plays an indispensable role in airway structure and function. Dysfunction in ASM plays a central role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and contributes to alterations of contractility, inflammatory response, immunoreaction, ph...

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Main Authors: Furong Yan, Hongzhi Gao, Hong Zhao, Madhav Bhatia, Yiming Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
Subjects:
COPD
ASM dysfunction
Proliferation
Phenotype shift
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12967-018-1635-z

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