Altered intracellular calcium ion handling in airway smooth muscle and the pathogenesis of asthma
Asthma is characterised by airway inflammation, remodelling and bronchial hyperresponsiveness to normally innocuous stimuli. There is growing evidence that the airway smooth muscle (ASM) in asthmatic patients is altered and contributes to all three of these central pillars of the disease. Intracellu...
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King's College London (University of London)
2014
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