Fig. 2From: Toll-like receptor 9 and the inflammatory response to surgical trauma and cardiopulmonary bypassLevel of circulating IL-6 in response to sternotomy in the murine model. Plasma level of IL-6 in the murine model undergoing median sternotomy at different time-points with and without pre-treatment with TLR9-antagonist (ODN2088). The plasma level of IL-6 significantly decreased when TLR9 blocked by OND2088Back to article page