FIGURE 8.
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). VIP is synthesized by the epithelium, glands, ASM, arteriolar muscle, Th2 cells, and eosinophils; exerts its actions by VPAC1. Improves the bronchodilatation and repair of epithelium by E-cadherin expression; also decreases ASM proliferation, IgE, IL-1, IL-5, IL-13, diminishes the neutrophil recruitment.