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. 2018 Sep 27;15:283. doi: 10.1186/s12974-018-1318-y

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

The individual data on the pre- and postoperative levels of serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of interleukin-8 (IL-8). The increase in serum levels of IL-8 seen after surgery was clearly attenuated by methylprednisolone (steroid), while methylprednisolone induced a pronounced accentuation of the CSF IL-8 response to cardiac surgery