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In acute pancreatitis, neutrophil elastase is secreted which damages the endothelial cells. This study was designed to demonstrate that the plasma levels of soluble E-selectin (sES) and soluble thrombomodulin (sTM) serve as endothelial molecular markers; the former is used as an endothelial activation marker, while the latter, as an endothelial injury marker.
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