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Table 5 The efficacy of anti-asthma drugs on aspects of the vascular components of airway remodelling.

From: The role of the bronchial microvasculature in the airway remodelling in asthma and COPD

 

Corticosteroids

LABA

LTRAs

Microvascular leakage

+++

++

+

Vasodilatation

+++

-

+

Angiogenesis

+++

+

-

  1. +++ = highly effective; ++ = effective; + = moderately effective; - = ineffective
  2. N.B.: due to the lack of data regarding theophylline, we excluded it from the table