Table 2

Recovery from injury bronchoscopy protocol. Samples (lavage and brush biopsies) from four bronchoscopic procedures on each of 9 asthmatic and 7 nonasthmatic normal subjects were obtained from unchallenged and antigen (Ag) challenged lung segments according to the procedure day as indicated. A second Ag challenge on day 2 was performed to provide an additional challenged segment for day 9 without compromise from prior sampling.

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