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From: Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with a gene transcription profile characteristic of immunosuppression: a prospective cohort study

Figure 2

Perioperative blood transfusion and gene expression: Graphs A-H represent the mRNA levels of IL-12 at 24 hours, TNFα at 48 hours, IL-23 at 24 and 48 hours, RORγt at 24 and 48 hours and the ratio of TNFα/IL-10 at 24 and 48 hours following scheduled abdominal surgery in those patients that received a transfusion prior to this time point and in those patients that did not. Graphs represent median and 75th percentile. Results are expressed as a relative quantification ratio between the candidate and the reference genes. IL-10, interleukin 10; IL-12, interleukin 12; IL-23, interleukin 23; mRNA, messenger RNA; RORγt, RAR-related orphan receptor gamma T; TNFα, tumour necrosis factor alpha.

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