1. From the First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan;2. From The Research Institute, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Maebashi, Japan
Abstract:
Levels of serum prostaglandins E and F were measured by radioimmunoassay in 40 asthmatic patients and healthy subjects. Levels of both prostaglandins--E and F--were significantly higher in asthmatic patients than in normal control subjects. The prostaglandin F/prostaglandin E ratio was significantly higher in asthmatic patients than in normal control subjects.