Fig. 1.

Prominent DcR3 increases in sera of sepsis patients. DcR3 concentration was quantified by ELISA. The mean values of normal, SIRS, sepsis, RCC, and CD were 0.43 ± 0.081 (n = 46), 2.06 ± 0.33 (n = 23), 10.46 ± 1.46 (n = 25), 1.09 ± 0.24 (n = 48), and 3.23 ± 1.75 (n = 30), respectively. P value (ANOVA test) for comparison of all 5 groups was < 0.0001. Protein concentrations are shown in logarithmic scale. The bars indicate median. SIRS = Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; RCC = renal cell cancer; CD = Crohn's disease.