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Published in final edited form as: Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2011 Sep 8;24(6):654–659. doi: 10.1016/j.pupt.2011.08.002

Table 1.

Potency rank order for corticosteroids in rapidly inhibiting formoterol uptake by human bronchial smooth muscle cells. Values are means and 95% confidence intervals (C.I.) (n = 6 experiments).

	IC₅₀ (μM)	95% C.I.
Corticosterone	0.43	0.37, 0.51
des-ciclesonide^**	0.65	0.47, 0.91
Hydrocortisone	1.37	0.93, 2,04
Budesonide	1.92	1.49, 2.46
Beclomethasone 17-monopropionate^##	4.04	3.38, 4.83
Beclomethasone dipropionate^#	4.39	3.75, 5.14
Ciclesonide^*	5.29	4.52, 6.59
Fluticasone propionate	6.29	5.37, 7.41

^{*, #}

corticosteroid pro-drugs

^{**, ##}

corresponding active compounds