A similar but non-significant trend was also evident for these cytokines in never smokers with asthma (IFNα; 24.7 pg/ml (−4.0, 53.5), p = 0.087, IL-17; 66.4 pg/ml (−8.7, 141.4), p = 0.079). The gene discussed is IL17A; the disease is asthma.