Table 1. Experimental design summary.

	Experiments performed
Experiment	Effect of mapracorat on hyperosmolar-induced cytokine release	Effect of mapracorat on hyperosmolar-induced cytokine release	Effect of RU-486 on mapracorat inhibition of hyperosmolar-induced cytokine release	Effect of mapracorat on hyperosmolar-induced MAPK phosphorylation	Effect of mapracorat on hyperosmolar -induced AP-1 and NFκB activities
Technique	Multiplex Luminex	Multiplex Luminex	Multiplex Luminex	Cell-based ELISA	Reporter gene assay
Cell type	T-HCEpiC	P-HCEpiC	T-HCEpiC	T-HCEpiC	T-HCEpiC
Dose range of mapracorat and dexamethasone	1–1000 nM	1–1000 nM	1–1000 nM	0.1–10 µM	0.1–1 µM