Fig. 2
The effects of dexamethasone on GLCCI1 gene expression by neutrophils from asthmatic patients. Neutrophils were isolated from peripheral blood of asthmatic patients and then incubated for 18 h in the absence (Con) and presence of asthmatic serum and/or dexamethasone (DEX) at 10−6 M or 10−4 M. Following culture, GLCCI1 mRNA expression was quantified by realtime-PCR. a and b, Neutrophils respectively from SS asthmatics (a) and SR asthmatics (b) were incubated with dexamethasone (DEX) at 10−6 M or 10−4 M. c, Neutrophils were isolated from asthmatic patients and incubated with DEX 10−4 M, and/or asthmatic serum (SE). * P < 0.05 compared with the control groups