Figure 4.

Reduced frequencies and numbers of dendritic cells (DC)s in the peripheral blood of asthmatics following prednisolone therapy. Steroid‐sensitive (SS) and steroid‐resistant (SR) asthmatics were assessed before and after a 2‐week course of oral prednisolone therapy (A) frequencies and (B) total numbers of total DCs, mDCs and pDCs; (C) the ratio of CD11c+ as compared to CD304+ DCs in the peripheral blood of steroid‐sensitive (SS; white) and steroid‐resistant (SR; grey) severe asthmatics before and after 2 weeks of prednisolone therapy. Data assessed by Mann‐Whitney U test *P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001