•Sample Group Application (1 of 2-3)
In an asthma attack, smooth muscle cells constrict thereby narrowing small airway and making it
difficult to move air in and out of the lungs. Your biotech firm has developed a new technique for
selectively altering gene expression in the smooth muscle of airways. How would you re-engineer these cells to cure
asthma?
A. Inhibit
expression of adenylate cyclase
B. Inhibit expression of myosin light chain kinase
C. Overexpress acetylcholine receptors
D. Overexpress sacrcolemmal calcium channels
B. Inhibit expression of myosin light chain kinase
C. Overexpress acetylcholine receptors
D. Overexpress sacrcolemmal calcium channels
Human Physiology Course