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Table 1 Group distribution

From: DHEA-dependent and organ-specific regulation of TNF-α mRNA expression in a murine polymicrobial sepsis and trauma model

Group

Treatment

Medication

48 hours

96 hours

Sham-vehicle

Femur fracture

Hemorrhage

Laparotomy

Vehicle

n = 6

n = 6

Sham-DHEA

Femur fracture Hemorrhage

Laparotomy

DHEA

n = 6

n = 6

CLP-vehicle

Femur fracture Hemorrhage

CLP

Vehicle

n = 13

n = 19

CLP-DHEA

Femur fracture Hemorrhage

CLP

DHEA

n = 8

n = 16

  1. CLP = cecal ligation and puncture; DHEA = dehydroepiandrosterone; vehicle = saline containing 0.1% ethanol.
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