Laitinen et al. identified NPSR1 as an asthma candidate gene and reported that levels of the NPSR1-B isoform were increased in airway smooth muscle cells and epithelial cells in asthma patients compared to healthy controls, and NPSR1 was up-regulated in a mouse model of ovalbumin-induced inflammation [5]. The gene discussed is NPSR1; the disease is asthma.