Fig. 3
From: Assessment of plasma B7-H3 levels in pediatric patients with different degrees of surgical stress
Moderate and severe surgical stresses differentially affect plasma B7-H3 levels. Heparinized whole blood samples were collected from children with moderate surgical stress (n = 14) and children with severe surgical stress (n = 34) at following time points: before surgery (Tc), immediately after surgery (T0), at day 1 (T1), day 3 (T3), and day 7 (T7) after surgery. Plasma soluble B7-H3 was assessed by ELISA. Data are presented as median (inter-quartile range). *p < 0.05 compared with plasma B7-H3 before surgery (Tc); ≠p < 0.05 compared with severe stress group