Table 2.

Mediator levels in BAL fluid from fungal (−) and fungal (+) asthmatics

	Fungal negative			Fungal positive
Mediator	N	Mean pg/mg ptn ± SEM	Range	N	Mean pg/mg ptn ± SEM	Range	P value
EGF	30	3.16 ± 1.08	0–23.09	28	10.69 ± 2.16	0–41.81	0.0014
TGF-α	30	2.94 ± 0.49	0.069–15.47	29	4.25 ± 0.38	1.2–8.48	0.0017
CCL11	29	4.01 ± 0.66	0–11.24	28	8.03 ± 1.33	0–21.34	0.05
CCL15	30	243.9 ± 32.44	7.47–813.55	29	362.6 ± 41.6	103.21–1042.71	0.0096
CCL17	29	12.35 ± 2.12	0–37.52	29	23.52 ± 3.47	4.15–65.34	0.0078
CX3CL1	30	41.99 ± 5.78	6.28–147.02	29	53.44 ± 4.96	17.76–132.79	0.0184
GM-CSF	30	7.13 ± 0.82	0.29–17.47	28	9.04 ± 0.71	4.86–18.65	0.0324
TRAIL	29	55.2 ± 6.55	0.47–121.66	29	88.52 ± 7.28	21.26–183.45	0.0015
IL-1β	29	0.725 ± 0.057	0.261–1.48	28	0.935 ± 0.064	0.307–1.78	0.0163
IL-1RA	29	61.6 ± 10.28	0.45–230.93	29	90.79 ± 11.86	17.94–297.63	0.0224
IL-5	29	1.18 ± 0.135	0.311–4.16	29	2.34 ± 0.278	0.576–6.24	0.0004
IL-7	30	3.53 ± 0.37	0–9.52	29	5.15 ± 0.53	1.38–15.58	0.0097