Catecholamine-induced release of the immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10 is associated with an increase in infection and sepsis among patients with acute brain injury (803–813).
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Plata-Salamán, C. Brain injury and immunosuppression. Nat Med 4, 768–769 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0798-768
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0798-768
