Fig. 5From: Sepsis-induced long-term immune paralysis – results of a descriptive, explorative studyCytokine secretion of ex-vivo-stimulated whole blood. Peripheral blood was collected from eight survivors of sepsis (S) and matched controls (C). Whole blood was stimulated with either CD3/28 antibody (α-CD3/28), lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or Zymosan. Supernatants were harvested after 24 h and TNF-α, interferon-γ (IFN-γ), and IL-6 and IL-10 were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Each data point represents an individual patient. Horizontal lines indicate median values. CD cluster of differentiationBack to article page