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Mechanical Properties and Function of Airways Smooth Muscle

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Airways Smooth Muscle: Development, and Regulation of Contractility

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Abstract

Much of what we know about airways smooth muscle mechanics has resulted from asthma research. It is the increase in the prevalence of asthma [ 1–3] and its increasing morbidity and mortality that has generated the effort to elucidate the changes that develop in antigen-sen­sitized airways smooth muscle.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    Newman L. Stephens, He Jiang, Weilong Li & Chun Y. Seow

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Stephens, N.L., Jiang, H., Li, W., Seow, C.Y. (1994). Mechanical Properties and Function of Airways Smooth Muscle. In: Raeburn, D., Giembycz, M.A. (eds) Airways Smooth Muscle: Development, and Regulation of Contractility. Respiratory Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7408-3_3

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