Cytokine release from human peripheral blood leucocytes incubated with endotoxin with and without prior infection with influenza virus : relevance to the Sudden infant death syndrome

Previous work with a neonatal ferret model for human SIDS had indicated that inflammation caused by a combination of influenza virus and bacterial endotoxin may be a cause of human SIDS. To determine whether cytokines may be involved in this inflammatory response, levels of interleukin (IL)-1 beta,...

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