Soluble interleukin 2-receptor α secretion is related to altered interleukin 2 production in thermally injured patients

Abstract This study examines the relationship between the capacity for interleukin-2 (IL2) production and the magnitude of the in vitro and in vivo secretion of IL2Rα in 43 patients with major burns (30–90 per cent total body surface area). Throughout the postburn period a significant ( P