Abstract Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a proinflammatory cytokine released in response to glucocorticoids, which counter-regulates the effects of glucocorticoids. This study was performed to determine the impact of steroids..
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Abstract The “normal” immune response to an insult triggers a highly regulated response determined by the interaction of various immunocompetent cells with pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Under pathologic conditions, the..
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Abstract Cardiac surgery causes direct trauma to cardiac tissue, breaches the pericardium, and disrupts the normal composition of the fluid largely produced from the myocardial interstitium and epicardial and visceral..
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