Research Article

Procalcitonin Impairs Liver Cell Viability and Function In Vitro: A Potential New Mechanism of Liver Dysfunction and Failure during Sepsis?

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(a) Cell counts, (b) number of trypan blue-negative cells, (c) XTT metabolization, and (d) LDH release of HepG2/C3A cells following exposure to procalcitonin for  h in concentrations as indicated. APAP acetaminophen 15.24 mM. biological replicates; and versus ctrl; , , and versus as indicated. Significance between concentrations is only indicated if differences between consecutive concentrations employed reach statistical significance.
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