Airway Smooth Muscle Mechanics, Remodeling and Proliferation: Effects of Aicar and Metformin

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anat Ratnovsky ◽  
Steven S. An ◽  
Mathew Mellema ◽  
Jeffrey J. Fredberg ◽  
Stephanie A. Shore
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Muscle Mechanics ◽  
Smooth Muscle Mechanics

Airway Smooth Muscle Mechanics and Biochemistry in Experimental Asthma

1991 ◽  
Vol 143 (5_pt_1) ◽  
pp. 1182-1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Newman L. Stephens ◽  
He Jiang ◽  
Jing Xu ◽  
Wayne Kepron
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Muscle Mechanics ◽  
Smooth Muscle Mechanics

scholarly journals Rotten eggs’ H 2 S acting on human airway smooth muscle mechanics

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Fitzgerald ◽  
Danielle Y Lee ◽  
Reynold A Panettieri ◽  
Rui Wang ◽  
Steven S An
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Muscle Mechanics ◽  
Human Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Human Airway ◽  
Smooth Muscle Mechanics

Airway smooth muscle mechanics: reduced activation and relaxation

1983 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Kromer ◽  
N. Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Smooth Muscle ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Muscle Mechanics ◽  
Active Length ◽  
Time Courses ◽  
Tension Curves ◽  
Smooth Muscle Mechanics ◽  
Isometric Muscle

Reduced activation of skeletal muscle fibers at below-optimal lengths has been reported before. We studied tracheal smooth muscle (TSM) as a model of airway smooth muscle to see whether such a phenomenon existed in smooth muscle also; we found that active length-tension curves at normal and raised Ca2+ concentrations were significantly different. This indicated reduced activation of the TSM at below-optimal lengths. This reduction was in addition to that arising from the length-tension effect. We also studied the mechanics of relaxation in TSM and noted that in afterloaded isotonic tension records the time course of TSM relaxation appeared to closely follow that of the isometric contraction at all loads. In this it differed markedly from relaxation in skeletal muscle where the time courses of relaxation at different loads differed from each other and from that of the isometric muscle.

Decreased PO2 and Rabbit Aortic Smooth Muscle Mechanics

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 313-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberts S. Moreland ◽  
Ronald F. Coburn ◽  
Suzanne Moreland
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Muscle Mechanics ◽  
Aortic Smooth Muscle ◽  
Smooth Muscle Mechanics

scholarly journals Smooth Muscle Mechanics: Implications for Airway Hyperresponsiveness

1991 ◽  
Vol 94 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 291-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.R. Schellenberg ◽  
P.D. Pare ◽  
J. Hards ◽  
K. Ishida
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Hyperresponsiveness ◽  
Muscle Mechanics ◽  
Smooth Muscle Mechanics
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document