Extracorporeal liver support in severe alcoholic hepatitis

Figure 2 Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) levels before and after molecular adsorbent recirculating system treatment in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis. Although no significant decrease was observed in the circulating TNF-α, the dialysate was enriched with this cytokine, thus indicating that albumin dialysis is able to remove some substances related to the pathogenesis of the disease.