PLA2G4A and Increased total eosinophil count: Another study showed that glutamine administration effectively suppressed key features of Th2-dependent asthma, including airway eosinophilia, mucus formation, airway type 2 cytokine production, and late airway hyper-responsiveness by inhibiting cytosolic phospholipase A(2) activity in the airway in a murine asthma model [49].