on physiological, structural, and mechanical events within the airway wall, including airway
smooth muscle (ASM) contraction, deformation of the mucosa and cartilage, and tensioning
of elastic matrices linking wall components. Despite close association between events in the
airway wall and the resulting airway caliber, these have typically been studied separately:
the former primarily using histological approaches, the latter with a range of imaging …
W Australia - 2009 - journals.physiology.org
ABSTRACT 30 Regulation of airway caliber by lung volume or bronchoconstrictor
stimulation is dependent 31 on physiological, structural and mechanical events within the
airway wall, including airway 32 smooth muscle (ASM) contraction, deformation of the
mucosa and cartilage, and tensioning 33 of elastic matrices linking wall components.
Despite close association between events in the 34 airway wall and the resulting airway
caliber these have typically been studied separately: the 35 former primarily using …