... ± SE, and significance was defined as p < 0.05. Airway hyperresponsiveness Airway obstruction Chemokines Cytokines Exhaled breath condensate Growth factors Steroid treatment Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways, and inflammation is associated with physiological...

... to explain the fibroblastic hyperplasia often present in this condition. It could be the result of an excess of secretion of growth factors, of an enhanced sensitivity of the target cells to these factors, of a decrease of factors inhibiting fibroblast replication, or of a relative deficiency of monokine...