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. 2017 Oct 4;7:12660. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12833-2

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Plasma concentration of interleukin-1α. The plasma concentration of interleukin-1α (IL-1α) before (baseline) and after remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC; n = 23, black bars) or the placebo protocol (n = 23, white bars) and before and after ischemic cardioplegic arrest, respectively, in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The plasma concentration of IL-1α was increased after ischemic cardioplegic arrest with RIPC and was greater with RIPC than with placebo (a). After normalization to baseline, the IL-1α plasma concentration was greater with RIPC than with placebo throughout the remaining protocol (b). *p < 0.05 versus baseline, #p < 0.05 versus before ischemic cardioplegic arrest, +p < 0.05 versus RIPC using 2-way ANOVA for repeated measures, followed by Fisher’s post hoc tests.