Percentage of epithelium expressing mRNA for CXCL5, CXCL8, CXCR1 and CXCR2
| Group | n | CXCL5+ cells | CXCL8+ cells | CXCR1+ cells | CXCR2+ cells |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-asthma, patients with asthma with an acute severe exacerbation; S-asthma, patients with stable asthma; NSC, non-smoking surgical controls. | |||||
| Values are mean (SE). | |||||
| *p<0.0001 vs NSC. | |||||
| †p = 0.03 (CXCL5) and p = 0.01 (CXCR2) vs S-asthma. | |||||
| ‡p<0.0001 vs CXCL8+ cells. | |||||
| §p = 0.0009 (E-asthma) and p = 0.001(S-asthma) vs CXCR1+ cells. | |||||
| E-asthma | 15 | 81 (5.4)*†‡ | 22 (3.5)* | 34 (4.3)* | 58 (4.8)*†§ |
| S-asthma | 15 | 64 (5.1)*‡ | 28 (3.3)* | 34 (4.6)* | 40 (5.3)*§ |
| NSC | 15 | 6 (2.2) | 0.6 (0.4) | 2 (1.4) | 5 (2.5) |