Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Birkhäuser

Muscarinic Receptors in Airways Diseases

  • Book
  • © 2001

Overview

Editors:
  1. Johan Zaagsma

    1. Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Herman Meurs

    1. Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  3. Ad F. Roffel

    1. Department of Research Management, Pharma Bio-Research Group B.V., Zuidlaren, The Netherlands

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: Progress in Inflammation Research (PIR)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Cholinergic and noncholinergic parasympathetic control of airway smooth muscle

    • Bradley J. Undem, Allen C. Myers
    Pages 1-24

  3. Role of non-neuronal and neuronal acetylcholine in the airways

    • Ignaz K. Wessler, Charles J. Kirkpatrick
    Pages 25-62

  4. Identification, localization and function of muscarinic receptor subtypes in the airways

    • Ad F. Roffel, Herman Meurs, Johan Zaagsma
    Pages 63-85

  5. Functional roles of postjunctional muscarinic M2 receptors in airway smooth muscle

    • Richard M. Eglen, Nikki Watson
    Pages 87-106

  6. Dysfunction of prejunctional muscarinic M2 receptors: role of environmental factors

    • Darryl J. Adamko, Allison D. Fryer, David B. Jacoby
    Pages 107-120

  7. Muscarinic receptor-β-adrenoceptor cross-talk in airways smooth muscle

    • Herman Meurs, Ad F. Roffel, Carolina R. S. Elzinga, Johan Zaagsma
    Pages 121-157

  8. Gene regulation of muscarinic receptor subtypes

    • Peter J. Barnes
    Pages 159-173

  9. Muscarinic control of airway mucus secretion

    • Duncan F. Rogers
    Pages 175-201

  10. The role of anticholinergics in asthma and COPD

    • Kenneth R. Chapman
    Pages 203-219

  11. Novel perspectives in anticholinergic therapy

    • Bernd Disse
    Pages 221-258

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 259-267
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

What are the different muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes and how are they distributed in the airways and molecular signalling mechanisms? What is their function in neurogenic and non-neurogenic control of the airways and in inflammatory mechanisms? How is their gene expression regulated? The great importance of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors for the pathophysiology and treatment of chronic inflammatory obstructive airways diseases calls for a comprehensive and integrated overview of the current knowledge to address such questions, to discuss the role of these receptor subtypes in diseases such as asthma and COPD, and to present novel perspectives on antimuscarinic drug development. The present book is the worthy result of this need. It points out innovative insights into the hitherto poorly understood role of postjunctional muscarinic M2 receptors in airway smooth muscle contraction and sheds some light on the novel concepts of antimuscarinic drug development, with special reference to the l

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Johan Zaagsma, Herman Meurs

  • Department of Research Management, Pharma Bio-Research Group B.V., Zuidlaren, The Netherlands

    Ad F. Roffel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Muscarinic Receptors in Airways Diseases

  • Editors: Johan Zaagsma, Herman Meurs, Ad F. Roffel

  • Series Title: Progress in Inflammation Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8358-0

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-5988-1Published: 01 April 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9532-3Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8358-0Published: 08 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1422-7746

  • Series E-ISSN: 2296-4525

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 266

  • Topics: Pneumology/Respiratory System, Neurosciences

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation