A novel model of common Toll-like receptor 4- and injury-induced transcriptional themes in human leukocytes

Table 2 Volunteer subjects and ICU patient samples classification

Group		Sample numbers
A	Baseline (control)	4
B	Six hours endotoxin	7
C	Six hours cortisol plus endotoxin	7
D	24 hours endotoxin	5
E	24 hours cortisol plus endotoxin	6
F	Surgical ICU patients ≤5 days post-admission	5
G	Surgical ICU patients ≤12 days post-admission	4

PBL samples were obtained from volunteer subjects who were administered saline alone, (Group A), saline plus endotoxin (Groups B and D), or cortisol plus endotoxin (Groups C and E), as detailed in the Materials and methods section. PBL samples obtained from surgical ICU patients ≤5 days, and ≤12 days post-admission were classified in Groups F and G, respectively.

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