Heterogeneity of cough hypersensitivity mediated by TRPV1 and TRPA1 in patients with chronic refractory cough

Abstract Background The differential sensitivity of cough to antitussive therapies implies the existence of heterogeneity in cough hypersensitivity, but how such heterogeneity is expressed across individual patients is poorly understood. We investigated the phenotypes of cough hypersensitivity by ex...

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Main Authors: Li Long, Hongmei Yao, Jing Tian, Wei Luo, Xinxin Yu, Fang Yi, Qiaoli Chen, Jiaxing Xie, Nanshan Zhong, Kian Fan Chung, Kefang Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-019-1077-z