Fig. 8From: Comparison of whole blood cytokine immunoassays for rapid, functional immune phenotyping in critically ill patients with sepsisIFNγ production, over time, in response to stimulation of whole blood from critically ill survivors versus non-survivors. Cytokine concentrations are represented as log2-transformed values. A IFNγ concentration as measured by ELISpot and B ELLA immunoassays in response to LPS stimulation. C IFNγ concentration as measured by ELISpot and D ELLA in response to anti-CD3/anti-CD28 stimulation. E IFNγ concentration as measured by ELISpot and F ELLA in response to PMA stimulation. Day 1 denotes the day of study enrollment; dots represent mean values ± SEM. P values denote significant differences between stimulated TNF production in whole blood of survivors versus non-survivors, based on linear mixed-effects analysis. At day 1, n = 24 survivors, 8 non-survivors (7 critically ill and septic and 1 critically ill and non-septic)Back to article page