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. 2006 Sep 11;149(4):365–373. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706881

Table 1.

Effect of dexamethasone on the proliferation of ASM cells grown on collagen-coated plates and stimulated by submaximal concentrations of bFGF

Incubation conditions Cell number (% unstimulated)
Control (unstimulated) 100
bFGF 3 pM 106±4
bFGF 3 pM+Dex (100 nM) 103±5
bFGF 30 pM 128±6*
bFGF 30 pM+Dex (100 nM) 128±6*

Abbreviations: ASM, airway smooth muscle; bFGF, basic fibroblast growth-factor; Dex, dexamethasone.

Cell number data are expressed as mean ±s.e.m. percentages of the number of cells maintained on a collagen matrix in the absence of additional mitogen. Cells were pretreated with dexamethasone (100 nM) for 30 min before stimulation with either 3 or 30 pM.

bFGF *P<0.05 cf. control. n=3–5.