Abstract
RATIONALE: A fundamental feature of asthma is an enhanced contractile response to stimuli. Given the physiological interplay between airway epithelia and smooth muscle cells, cell culture model systems are of limited utility in defining functionally relevant mechanisms impacting airway contraction and relaxation. We have established a lung explant culture system that retains contractile characteristics of intact airways.
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