Quantitation of immunohistochemical staining for intact and cleaved forms of heparan sulphate (HS) in bronchial tissue from seven asthmatic subjects and six non-asthmatic control subjects
| Intact HS | Cleaved HS | |
|---|---|---|
| Data shown as median (range). | ||
| *Immunostaining for the cleaved form of HS significantly (p<0.05) less extensive than for the intact form. | ||
| % blood vessels | ||
| Asthma | 100 (28.2–100) | 11.3 (0–65.3)* |
| Control | 95.3 (77.9–100) | 4.4 (0–13.0)* |
| % epithelial basement membrane | ||
| Asthma | 19.9 (0–46.7) | 3.3 (0–39.1) |
| Control | 10.9 (0.36–35.9) | 0 (0–8.1)* |