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IL-10 and toll-like receptor-4 polymorphisms and the in vivo and ex vivo response to endotoxin.
Cytokine - 7 Mar 2005
Schippers Emile F, van 't Veer Cornelis, van Voorden Sjaak, Martina Cerithsa A E, Huizinga Tom W J, le Cessie Saskia, van Dissel Jaap T
Abstract excerpt
To determine to what extent lipopolysaccharide-induced IL-10 production capacity is determined by polymorphisms in toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) and the IL-10 promoter region, we measured in vivo IL-10 and TNF-alpha production in patients undergoing elective cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, a major surgical trauma associated with ischemia-reperfusion injury that triggers an endotoxemia and profound inflammatory...
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