Table of Contents:
  • Remodelling of the Asthmatic airway
  • Airway smooth muscle (ASM)
  • increased deposition of matrix proteins
  • Asthma increases ASM
  • Characteristics of ASM cells in non-asthmatics
  • Characteristics of ASM in asthmatics
  • ASM produces extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins
  • Differences in ECM in asthmatics
  • Fibulin-1 in asthma
  • Fibulin as a therapeutic target