Airway Epithelium in Atopic and Nonatopic Asthma: Similarities and Differences

Table 3

Chemokine and chemokine receptor expression by the respiratory epithelium and submucosa.

Chemokine and/or (receptor)	Atopic asthma	Nonatopic asthma
IL-8	++	++ +/− [24, 35, 36, 43]
IP10(CXCR3)	++ [46]	?
I-TAC(CXCR3)	+/− [46]	?
RANTES(CCR 3)	++	+++/− [37, 41–43]
MCP-1(CCR2/4)	++	++ [43]
MCP-3 & 4(CCR3)	++	++ [37, 41, 42]
Eotaxin(CCR3)	++	++ [37, 41, 42]
TARC(CCR4)	++ [46, 47]	?
MDC(CCR4)	++ [46, 47]	?
CCR8	+ [47]	?

?—Comparison/data not available.