M2 Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor modulates rat airway smooth muscle cell proliferation

Airways chronic inflammatory conditions in asthma and COPD are characterized by tissue remodeling, being smooth muscle hyperplasia, the most important feature. Non-neuronal and neuronal Acetylcholine acting on muscarinic receptors (MAChRs) has been postulated as determinant of tissue remodeling in a...

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Main Authors: Fabiola A. Placeres-Uray, Christopher A. Febres-Aldana, Ruth Fernandez-Ruiz, Ramona Gonzalez de Alfonzo, Itala A. Lippo de Becemberg, Marcelo J. Alfonzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:World Allergy Organization Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1939455119306465