The dopamine D1 receptor is expressed and facilitates relaxation in airway smooth muscle

Kentaro Mizuta, Yi Zhang, Dingbang Xu, Fumiko Mizuta, F. D’Ovidio, Eiji Masaki, Charles W. Emala

Respiratory Research · 2013 · 29 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

These results demonstrate that the dopamine D1 receptors are expressed on ASM and regulate smooth muscle force via cAMP activation of PKA, and offer a novel target for therapeutic relaxation of ASM.

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