From: Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 is highly expressed in bronchial epithelial cells of untreated asthma and it increases cell proliferation along with fibronectin production in airway constitutive cells
Number
Age
%FEV1
FEV1/FVC
eNO(ppb)
N : E : C
stBA
4
47 ± 6
96 ± 6
79 ± 5
58 ± 10
1 : 1: 2
snBA
3
48 ± 4
91 ± 7
72 ± 1
123 ± 25*
1 : 2 : 0