Effect of Tiotropium Bromide on Airway Inflammation and Programmed Cell Death 5 in a Mouse Model of Ovalbumin-Induced Allergic Asthma

Table 3

Correlation between PDCD5/active caspase-3 level and various clinicopathologic indexes (n = 12).

Protein level in lung tissue		Inflammatory cell infiltration	Goblet cell metaplasia	Collagen deposition	Total cell number in BALF
PDCD5	r	0.904	0.814	0.773	0.258
	value	<0.001	0.001	0.003	0.418
Active caspase-3	r	0.754	0.681	0.739	0.625
	value	0.005	0.015	0.006	0.030

BALF: bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.