Figure 2.

Effect of traumatic injury on deoxyribonuclease (DNase) activity and antigen levels. Comparison of DNase activity (a) and antigen levels (b) in peripheral blood samples acquired from healthy controls (HCs) and patients that had sustained an isolated traumatic brain injury (TBI) (left panel), TBI with an accompanying extracranial injury (middle panel) or an extracranial injury only (right panel). Patient samples were acquired at 3 post-injury time points (≤1 hour (H), 4–12 hours and 48–72 hours) and the number of samples analysed is indicated below each time point. ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.005 vs HCs. H hour