As shown in Figure 3, GM-CSF production by unstimulated PBMC was similar; however, LPS-stimulated PBMCs from the older asthma subjects, 125 ± 118 pg/mL, produced significantly less GM-CSF than their younger counterparts, 317 ± 136 pg/mL, p = 0.01. The gene discussed is CSF2; the disease is asthma.