Figure 2

Effects of ECMO therapy on cerebral tissues expression of cytokines at 24 hour’s post-ECMO treatment. The levels of cytokine (IL-1, IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-a) were assessed 24 hours post-ECMO treatment by using specific ELISA, as described in the Methods section. Results are reported as histograms representing the cytokine mean concentrations with SD. Asterisks inside the graphs indicate the significance of comparison with control group: *P < 0.05.