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.