Figure 2

Nasal potential difference in a child ventilated with meningococcal septicaemia related pulmonary edema. The graph shows a lack of response of chloride channels in airway epithelium to a low chloride solution. This response is restored by the addition of the beta receptor agonist isoprenaline to the perfusate [unpublished graph from work published in [11]]. A model of the components of the ion transport systems involved has been put next to it: [+] = activating.