id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-280599-7ixpqd5n OPENSHAW, P J M What does the peripheral blood tell you in SARS? 2004-04-01 .txt text/plain 1227 64 51 However, cytokine release is often very local, as illustrated by studies of TNF production in patients with bacterial pneumonia that show TNF levels to be high in bronchial lavage fluid from the affected lung, but not in fluid from the contralateral lung or in serum [4] . More importantly, anti-TNF therapy works well in many patients with rheumatoid arthritis or juvenile RA, but measurement of cytokines in serum and synovial fluid does not show raised levels of TNF [9] . So, what can we expect to learn by profiling cytokine production or levels in blood samples from patients with inflammatory diseases? Prolonged disturbances of in vitro cytokine production in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) treated with ribavirin and steroids Comparison of systemic cytokine levels in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, severe pneumonia, and controls ./cache/cord-280599-7ixpqd5n.txt ./txt/cord-280599-7ixpqd5n.txt