Figure 2  .

The ex vivo total tumour necrosis factor α (TNF-α) secretion capacity of peripheral blood leucocytes from patients with alcoholic cirrhosis (AC, n=12) was not reduced compared with that of controls (HC, n=10), irrespective of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) concentration used (group III). TNF-α concentrations (mean (SEM)) were measured in supernatants from cultures stimulated with LPS at 10 pg/ml, 50 pg/ml, and 100 ng/ml.