التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Structural changes to airway smooth muscle in cystic fibrosis. |
| المؤلفون: |
Hays, S. R., Ferrando, R. E., Carter, R., Wong, H. H., Woodruff, P. G. |
| المصدر: |
Thorax; Mar2005, Vol. 60 Issue 3, p226-228, 3p, 1 Graph |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
CYSTIC fibrosis, GENETIC disorders, CLINICAL pathology, HYPERPLASIA, BIOPSY, SMOOTH muscle, BRONCHIAL diseases, BRONCHOSCOPY, COMPARATIVE studies, RESEARCH methodology, MEDICAL cooperation, MUSCLE diseases, RESEARCH, RESPIRATORY muscles, RESPIRATORY obstructions, EVALUATION research, CASE-control method |
| مستخلص: |
Background: Chronic airway obstruction is characteristic of cystic fibrosis (CF) but there are few studies of airway smooth muscle remodelling in CF.Methods: Airway smooth muscle content and mean airway smooth muscle cell size were measured by applying design-based stereology to bronchoscopic biopsy specimens obtained from seven subjects with CF and 15 healthy controls.Results: The smooth muscle content increased by 63% in subjects with CF (mean (SD) 0.173 (0.08) v 0.106 (0.042) mm(3) smooth muscle/mm(3) submucosa, mean difference -0.067; 95% CI -0.12 to -0.013, p = 0.017) but there was no increase in mean cell size (2705 (351) v 2654 (757) microm(3), mean difference -51; 95% CI -687 to 585, p = 0.87).Conclusions: These findings indicate hyperplasia of airway smooth muscle cells without hypertrophy and suggest that accumulation of airway smooth muscle cells may contribute to airway narrowing and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in CF. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
