We observed gal-3 and gal-3BP expression in airway macrophages and neutrophils however the pattern of expression was quite different in neutrophilic asthma compared with eosinophilic and paucigranulocytic asthma, supporting the protein data which suggest altered levels of gal-3 and gal-3BP in neutrophilic asthma. Here, LGALS3 is linked to asthma.