Abstract:
:Regulation of ion transport across the airway mucosa may be involved in the mechanisms producing hyperreactivity and asthma. Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) has been proposed to participate in the pathogenesis of asthma, and it has been found to have a bronchodilatory effect on asthmatic patients. Experimental evidences suggest that ANP also has some effect on fluid accumulation in the lungs. We hypothesise that ANP may also play a role in the pathogenesis of asthma through changes in the transport of water and ions across the airway epithelium.
journal_name
Med Hypothesesjournal_title
Medical hypothesesauthors
Almirall JJ,Hedenstierna Gdoi
10.1016/0306-9877(91)90167-wsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-09-01 00:00:00pages
73-4issue
1eissn
0306-9877issn
1532-2777pii
0306-9877(91)90167-Wjournal_volume
36pub_type
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2016.05.023
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110476
更新日期:2020-12-31 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2008.04.020
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1054/mehy.1998.0831
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2006.06.045
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(89)90105-9
更新日期:1989-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.10.043
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1981-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(92)90074-m
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2011.03.045
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(03)00263-9
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
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更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00