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Effects of surgical trauma on interleukin 2 production and interleukin 2 receptor expression

H Li1, S T Xiong, S X Zhang

  • 1Department of Surgery, Xiehe Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan.

Journal of Tongji Medical University = Tong Ji Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao
|January 1, 1992
PubMed

To elucidate the mechanism of immunologic abnormalities induced by surgical trauma, we measured interleukin 2 (IL-2) production and IL-2 receptor expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 16 patients with cholelithiasis. Compared with preoperative levels, IL-2 production and IL-2 receptor expression were significantly reduced on postoperative day 4, and the reduction was consistent with the suppression of lymphocyte proliferative response to phytohemagglutinin.

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