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1. A 45 year old woman comes to ER with h/o fever,chills and abdominal pain for 10 hours.pain radiates to her right shoulder blade.she has a history of cholelithiasis.her temp is 39.6 C.pulse 120/min,respiration 24 per min.and bp90/60.Abdominal exmination shows pain in right upper quadrant with guarding.bowel sounds are decreased.which of the following cytokines are involved

1.IL-4
2.interferon gamma
3.IL -10
4.transforming growth factor - beta
5.tumor necrosis factor alpha

2.A 57 year old woman with ruptured appendix has septecemia and septic shock.Blood cultures grow gram negative rods.Which of the cytokines is responsible for shock...

1.interferon alpha
2.interferon beta
3.interferon gamma
4.IL-2
5.IL-4
6.IL-7
7.IL-10
8.TFG beta
9.TNF alpha
is TNF alpha the answer in both questions???

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Yes TNF alpha is correct for both of them.
It is involved in septic shock.
Actually TNF and IL1 are both responsible for the fever and shock

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TNF ALPHA FOR BOTH







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