Fig. 5

Association between cytokine plasma levels, and the presence of CETPI in the plasma of representative samples from control subjects and patients. A CETPI expression in plasma samples from control subjects. B Top: CETPI expression in plasma samples from control subjects and patients with infection. Down: CETPI expression in plasma samples from control subjects and patients with infection, sepsis, and septic shock. C, D Plasma samples obtained from control subjects; E, F patients with infection; G sepsis; and H septic shock. Left panels show the level of IL-1β, TNFα, IL-6, IL-8, IL-12 (p70), IFNγ, and IL-10 (Data are presented as mean ± SEM). At the right of each graph, the protein band that corresponds to CETPI (arrow tips) determined by western blot analysis, is shown. The same plasma samples were used for both measurements of plasma cytokines and CETPI