Mohammad Reza Lashkarizadeh
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine AND Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
[ 1 ] - Impact of Opium Addiction on Levels of Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Cytokines after Surgery
Background: Opium addiction alters immune responses to stresses such as an injury due to changing the secretion of cytokines. The present study assessed the effect of opium addiction on the cytokines [tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα), interferon-γ (IFN-γ), interleukin-4 (IL-4), and IL-10] before and after laparotomy. Methods: Male rats were randomly divided into control and opium addicted (n = 20...
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