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Plasma cytokine and nitrite/nitrate levels in survivos vs. non-survivors in a swine model of anterolateral thoracotomy + hemorrhagic shock.
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posted on 2009-12-22, 00:15 authored by Rajaie Namas, Ali Ghuma, Andres Torres, Patricio Polanco, Hernando Gomez, Derek Barclay, Lisa Gordon, Sven Zenker, Hyung Kook Kim, Linda Hermus, Ruben Zamora, Matthew R. Rosengart, Gilles Clermont, Andrew Peitzman, Timothy R. Billiar, Juan Ochoa, Michael R. Pinsky, Juan Carlos Puyana, Yoram VodovotzPlasma samples from 11 swine (7 survivors and 4 non-survivors) taken at different time points (see Figs. 3A and 7) were assayed for TNF-α (A), IL-10 (B), IL-6 (C) and NO2-/NO3- (D) as described in the Materials and Methods. Results represent the mean±5th and 95th percentile.