Airways Smooth Muscle: Biochemical Control of Contraction and Relaxation
Published in September 1994
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Hardback
VIII, 352 pages
978-3-7643-5043-7 (ISBN)
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The study of airways smooth muscle has intensified over recent years against a background of a growing incidence of asthma and other respiratory disorders. Building on the previous volumes in the series, this research monograph focuses upon the biochemical regulation of contraction and relaxation of airways smooth muscle. Written by recognised international experts, this up-to-date reference work includes chapters on actin, myosin, diglyceride and protein kinase C, inositol polyphosphates, current theories regarding mechanisms of force generation and maintenance, G-proteins, cyclic nucleotides and properties of airways smooth muscle cells in culture. All academic and clinical research workers in the field of airways smooth muscle physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology and cell and molecular biology should find this volume a useful source of information.
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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.