Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Blocks Nitric Oxide-Mediated Alcohol-Stimulated Cilia Beating

• Главные авторы: T. A. Wyatt (Автор), S. M. Wells (Автор), Z. A. Alsaidi (Автор), J. M. DeVasure (Автор), E. B. Klein (Автор), K. L. Bailey (Автор), J. H. Sisson (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The airway epithelium is exposed to alcohol during drinking through direct exhalation of volatized ethanol from the bronchial circulation. Alcohol exposure leads to a rapid increase in the cilia beat frequency (CBF) of bronchial epithelial cells followed by a chronic desensitization of cilia stimula...