Figure 1

Effect of dexamethasone and FCS upon primary ASM cell proliferation, IL-6 and CXCL8 release. ASM cells were incubated with dexamethasone (10⁻⁷ M) for 1 h before being stimulated with FCS (2.5%) for 24 h. DNA synthesis (A), cell viability (B), IL-6 (C) and CXCL8 (D) release were measured by BrdU ELISA, DuoSet ELISA or MTT assay, respectively. Bars represent mean ± SEM from 9 primary ASM cells. ^***/###p < 0.001.