In TDI-induced murine asthma model, caspase-1 was activated after TDI exposure; after LY294002 adminstration was found abnormal distribution of cleaved caspase-1 but not procaspase-1, so the role of this specific inhibitor was established in the cleavage process of caspase-1 rather than increasing its protein expression. Here, CASP1 is linked to asthma.