dsRNA-induced changes in gene expression profiles of primary nasal and bronchial epithelial cells from patients with asthma, rhinitis and controls

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

	Subjects
	N = 17
Age*	24 (20–30)
Female gender (n)	14
Prebronchodilator FEV₁% predicted†	109 (11.0)
PC₂₀‡**	0.35 (0.3)

*Median (range).
†Mean (Standard Deviation).
‡Geometric Mean (Geometric Standard Deviation).
**Only from patients with both allergic asthma and rhinitis (none of the healthy controls and only 1 out of 5 patients with rhinitis had a drop of 20% in FEV₁ at the highest concentration of methacholine-bromide 19.6 mg/ml).

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