Airway Smooth Muscle Modulates Airway Inflammation in Asthma

摘要：

Airway smooth muscle (ASM) plays a central role in regulating bronchomotor tone in asthma; however, ASM may also orchestrate and perpetuate airway inflammation by promoting recruitment, activation and trafficking of inflammatory cells in the airways. This review addresses the immunomodulatory function of ASM and highlights how such function may have therapeutic implications in the management of asthma.

关键词： Airway remodeling bronchoconstriction hypertrophy hyperplasia

作者: Reynold A. Panettieri

作者单位: Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division Airways Biology Initiative University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第四届上海国际呼吸病研讨会暨第十五届亚太呼吸治疗学会联合会议(ISRD 2007)(4rd International Symposium on Respiratory Diseases & 14th Congress of the Asia Pacific Association for Respiratory Care)

会议地点: 上海

会议语种:英文

页码: 121-128

在线出版日期: 2007-11-03（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）