Table 4.

Activities/concentrations of biomarkers for lung disease.

Biomarker	Activity/concentration Apparently healthy human subjects [mol L−1]	Activity/concentration Mild asthma patients [mol L−1]
ADAM 33	< 10−16	2.6 × 10−15–2.0 × 10−12
Arginase	3.6 × 10−15–5.0 × 10−15	1.2 × 10−12–6.0 × 10−12
CCL20	2.8 × 10−14–2.4 × 10−12	8.0 × 10−12–1.3 × 10−11
Granzyme B	< 10−16	4.6 × 10−14–4.0 × 10−12
Interleukin-6	< 10−15	1.5 × 10−10–5.0 × 10−9
Matrix-metalloproteinase-8	2.8 × 10−13–7.6 × 10−11	2.6 × 10−16–1.2 × 10−14
Neutrophil elastase	< 10−16	9.0 × 10−16–6.2 × 10−14