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Figure 2. Dexamethasone regulation of monocyte cytokine release. Whole blood samples were incubated in the presence of lipopolysaccharide to stimulate monocyte cytokine release and increasing dexamethasone concentrations. Graphs show the mean and standard error of the burnout (•) and the control group (
) for (A) tumor necrosis factor alpha and (B) interleukin-10. Basal cytokine release in the absence of dexamethasone is shown in Table 4. *p < .05, **p < .01.
