Pharmacotherapy (inhalation of corticosteroids plus long-acting beta agonist according to the global initiative for asthma (GINA) guidelines) prescribed to a subgroup (n = 8) of the asthmatic patients with severe asthma for 12 weeks decreased IL-6 and AGE, and increased DJ-1 (Table 3, Figure 2). The gene discussed is PARK7; the disease is asthma.