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Relationship between serum thyroid hormone and interleukin-1b levels and postmortem tissue deiodinase activity in
Zhenzhou Zhong1, Xiaoliu Xiao1
1Ganzhou People's Hospital, Department of Emergency, Ganzhou City, JiangXi Province, China.
Background:
This study investigated the relationship between serum thyroid hormones and interleukin-1b (IL-1β) levels and postmortem tissue deiodinase activity in critically ill patients.
Methods:
Serum thyroid hormones and IL-1β were measured on the 5th, 15th, and last day of 80 critically ill patients. Forty of these patients were non-survived, and liver and skeletal muscle were harvested to analyze type 1, 2, and 3 iodothyronine deiodinases (D1, D2, and D3) activity.
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