| Asthmatics (+H) (N = 6) Mean ± SD | Asthmatics (–H) (N = 6) Mean ± SD | Controls (+H) (n = 6) Mean ± SD | Controls (–H) (n = 6) Mean ± SD | p-value | |
| IL-2 | 41.5 ± 9.7 | 29.7 ± 10.3 | 52 ± 4.7 | 34.2 ± 10.4 | 0.002* |
| IL-4 | 21.7 ± 9.3 | 20.8 ± 10.2 | 22.5 ± 8.8 | 14.2 ± 2.0 | 0.309 |
| IL-5 | 21.7 ± 9.3 | 19.7 ± 10.0 | 16.7 ± 2.6 | 14.7 ± 3.3 | 0.359 |
| IL-6 | 15.5 ± 4.9 | 14.0 ± 4.6 | 12.2 ± 3.9 | 12.2 ± 3.9 | 0.501 |
| IL-10 | 17.5 ± 7.5 | 12.2 ± 3.9 | 13.5 ± 5.1 | 12.2 ± 3.9 | 0.281 |
| IL-12 | 15.7 ± 8.0 | 12.7 ± 4.1 | 10.0 ± 0.6 | 10.8 ± 4.6 | 0.254 |
| IL-13 | 25.0 ± 7.7 | 22.7 ± 8.6 | 20.8 ± 2.0 | 21.0 ± 4.7 | 0.648 |
| IL-17A | 74.2 ± 12.8 | 95.8 ± 52.6 | 77.5 ± 17.5 | 111.7 ± 68.5 | 0.450 |
| IFN-γ | 15.8 ± 2.0 | 15.5 ± 3.4 | 15.0 ± 3.2 | 14.7 ± 4.1 | 0.927 |
| TNF-α | 19.7 ± 7.1 | 20.2 ± 4.1 | 20.0 ± 7.1 | 21.3 ± 4.3 | 0.963 |
| GM-CSF | 25.0 ± 17.3 | 41.7 ± 33.6 | 48.3 ± 34.7 | 19.2 ± 2.0 | 0.197 |
| TGF-β | 633.3 ± 294.4 | 916.7 ± 204.1 | 2366.7 ± 760.7 | 1833 ± 93.1 | <0.001** |