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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Airway morphology of asthma Airway wall inflammation, smooth muscle hyperplasia and increased contractility, epithelial damage, and alterations in the mucus-secreting apparatus and the basement membrane are prominent features of airway pathology in asthma. Adapted from Wenzel S. The role of inflammation in asthma. National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Monograph, 1993.