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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Main Author: Wright, David Blair
Other Authors: Ward, Jeremy Patrick Thomas; Lee, Tak Hong
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.650777