Airways Smooth Muscle : Biochemical Control of Contraction and Relaxation

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.