This chapter contains section titled: Introduction Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation
Cytokines Modulate Calcium Homeostasis and Cell Adhesion Molecule Expression in …

Crosstalk between airway inflammation and airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs)
contributes to airway hyperresponsiveness, a cardinal feature of asthma. The main putative …

It is clear that airway smooth muscle plays an important role in the hyperresponsiveness and
remodelling that occur in the asthmatic airway. This is by virtue of its roles as a contractile …

Airway hyperresponsiveness and obstruction are cardinal features of asthma. Compelling
evidence now suggests that the key features of asthma in part are due to intrinsic differences …

Airway hyperresponsiveness remains a defining characteristic of asthma. Traditional views
assert that airway smooth muscle is an important structural effector cell in the bronchi that …

Asthma is an obstructive airway disease, with a heterogeneous and multifactorial
pathogenesis. Although generally considered to be a disease principally driven by chronic …

Background Airway inflammation stimulates proliferation of airway smooth muscle cell,
which contributes to the development of hyperplasia and hypertrophy of smooth muscle cell …

Bronchial asthma is a chronic disease characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness, airway
inflammation and remodelling. The hypothesis that the illness is inflammatory in nature has …

Asthma is a disease characterized, in part, by reversible airflow obstruction,
hyperresponsiveness and inflammation. Traditional concepts concerning airway …

SCOPE OF THE REVIEW: Our knowledge of the multifunctional nature of airway smooth
muscle (ASM) has expanded rapidly in the last decade, but the underlying molecular …