TGFB1 and asthma: This report shows, for the first time, the inhibitory effect of a PPARδ agonist on the number of myofibroblasts and the expression of myofibroblast-related markers—α-smooth muscle actin, collagen 1, tenascin C, and connexin 43—in asthma-related TGF-β-treated HBF populations.