Airways Smooth Muscle: Peptide Receptors, Ion Channels and Signal Transduction

1. Endothelins.- 2. Bradykinin.- 3. Tachykinins and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide.- 4. Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide.- 5. Atrial Natriuretic Peptides.- 6. Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, Transforming Growth Factor-? and Connective Tissue Growth Factor.- 7. Voltage-Dependent and Receptor-Operated Calcium Channels.- 8. High Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels.- 9. Adenosine Triphosphate-Activated Potassium Channels.- 10. Sodium/Potassium/Chloride Co-Transport.- 11. Sodium/Hydrogen Exchange.- 12. Sodium/Potassium-Dependent Adenosine Triphosphatase.