The role of reduced lung volume in the pathogenesis of asthma.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/153700

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Asthma is a disease for which the cause is not understood. This project is designed to examine the possibilty that breathing at low volumes causes an abnormality in the smooth muscle of the airways that predisposes them to the airway hyperresponsiveness of asthma.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2001

End Date: 01-01-2003

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $275,095.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Respiratory Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

airway hyperresponsiveness | asthma | myosin light chain kinase | myosin light chain phosphatase | respiratory disease | smooth muscle abnormality | smooth muscle contractility

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