Figure 5

Eotaxin (top) and monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-4 (bottom) mRNA expression in the epithelium of small (<2 mm in diameter) and large (<2 mm in diameter) airways of asthmatic patients and control individuals. For airways that are less than 2 mm in diameter results are expressed as the mean of 10 airways from four asthmatic patients and 14 airways from 10 controls. For airways that are greater than 2 mm in diameter results are expressed as the mean of 10 airways from six asthmatic patients and 10 airways from 10 control individuals. ^*P < 0.05, ^**P < 0.01 versus control. Pi, internal perimeter. Adapted from Taha et al. [6].