Airway tissue remodeling in chronic asthma involves thickening of airway walls, smooth muscle and mucus gland hyperplasia, potentially leading to fibrosis and irreversible lung function decrease.
La remodelación tisular de las vías respiratorias en el asma crónica implica engrosamiento de las paredes, hiperplasia de músculo liso y glándulas mucosas, pudiendo llevar a fibrosis e irreversible disminución de la función pulmonar.
| Front | A thickening of the airway walls that occurs in chronic asthma due to hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the smooth muscle layer and mucus glands, with the eventual development of fibrosis. Often results in an irreversible decrease of lung function |
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| Back | airway tissue remodeling |
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