Function of the Airway Epithelium in Asthma

1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, P.O. Box 356522, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195-6522, USA 2Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA 3Division of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6 4Division of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, University of Southampton School of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK