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

• Main Authors: T. A. Wyatt (Author), S. M. Wells (Author), Z. A. Alsaidi (Author), J. M. DeVasure (Author), E. B. Klein (Author), K. L. Bailey (Author), J. H. Sisson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...