The lungs are innervated by sympathetic and parasympathetic components of the autonomic nervous system. The role of autonomic nerves in the regulation of the blood flow in the lungs is comparatively poorly understood. Sensory, parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves regulate epithelial, vascular and glandular processes in the upper respiratory tract of humans. Pulmonary vasculature is innervated [...]

Cyclosporine-A (CsA) is a potent immunosuppressive agent commonly used clinically after organ transplantation. However, CsA treatment induces numerous side effects in several organs such as nephrotoxicity, hypertension and hepatoxicity. It has been shown in vitro that CsA in mixed cell cultures of dorsal root ganglia and the central nervous system of [...]