Mechanical properties of asthmatic airway smooth muscle
Mechanical properties of asthmatic airway smooth muscle
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DOI:
10.1183/09031936.00065411
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发表时间:
2012-07-01
影响因子:
24.3
通讯作者:
Pare, Peter D.
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作者:
Chin, Leslie Y. M.;Bosse, Ynuk;Pare, Peter D.
Airway smooth muscle (ASM) is the major effector of excessive airway narrowing in asthma. Changes in some of the mechanical properties of ASM could contribute to excessive narrowing and have not been systematically studied in human ASM from nonasthmatic and asthmatic subjects.Human ASM strips (eight asthmatic and six nonasthmatic) were studied at in situ length and force was normalised to maximal force induced by electric field stimulation (EFS). Measurements included: passive and active force versus length before and after length adaptation, the force-velocity relationship, maximal shortening and force recovery after length oscillation. Force was converted to stress by dividing by cross-sectional area of muscle.The only functional differences were that the asthmatic tissue was stiffer at longer lengths (p