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From: Post-operative infection and sepsis in humans is associated with deficient gene expression of γccytokines and their apoptosis mediators

Figure 3

Cytokine mRNA gene expression in thoracic surgery patients. Cytokine mRNA gene expression was analysed at baseline Day 0 (24 hours pre surgery), Day 1 (24 hours post surgery) and Day 5 after surgery. POP, post-operative pneumonia (N = 19). Non POP, non post-operative pneumonia (N = 41). IL-2, IL-7, IL-15, Bcl-2 and Bim are expressed as copy numbers of cytokine mRNA per 10 million β-Actin mRNA copy numbers. Values represented as medians and centiles 10 to 90% in parenthesis. Between groups analysis is by Wilcoxon Rank Sum test. N denotes number of patients in each group.

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