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Cytokine-related genotypic differences in peak interleukin-6 blood levels of patients with SIRS and septic complications.
The Journal of trauma - 1 Nov 2005
Watanabe Eizo, Hirasawa Hiroyuki, Oda Shigeto, Shiga Hidetoshi, Matsuda Kenichi, Nakamura Masataka, Abe Ryuzo, Nakada Takaaki
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BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin (IL)-1, and IL-6-related genotypic differences affect IL-6 blood levels in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in an intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS: Seven polymorphisms of TNF, IL-1, and IL-6-related polymorphisms were studied with an allele-specific polymerase chain reaction....
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