Airways Smooth Muscle: Biochemical Control of Contraction and Relaxation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1. Smooth Muscle Myosin: Molecule Conformation, Filament Assembly and Associated Regulatory Enzymes.
• 2. Actin and Thin-Filament-Associated Proteins in Smooth Muscle.
• 3. Current Concepts on Mechanisms of Force Generation in Airways Smooth Muscle.
• 4. Phosphoinositidase C, Inositol Polyphosphates and Force Generation of Airways Smooth Muscle.
• 5. The Intracellular Calcium Store in Airways Smooth Muscle.
• 6. Current Concepts on Mechanisms of Force Maintenance in Airways Smooth Muscle.
• 7. Diglyceride, Protein Kinase C and Force Maintenance of Airways Smooth Muscle.
• 8. Sources of Activator Calcium for Force Generation and Maintenance of Airways Smooth Muscle.
• 9. G-Proteins in Airways Smooth Muscle.
• 10. Cyclic AMP and the Control of Airways Smooth Muscle Tone.
• 11. Myosin Dephosphorylation as a Mechanism of Relaxation of Airways Smooth Muscle.
• 12. Cyclic GMP and the Control of Airways Smooth Muscle Tone.
• 13. Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases in Airways Smooth Muscle.
• 14. Modulation of Agonist-Stimulated Phosphoinositide Turnover in Airways Smooth Muscle by Cyclic Nucleotide-Dependent and Independent Mechanisms.
• 15. Airways Smooth Muscle Cells in Culture.