Is aNP cleared much faster than BNP in patients with congestive heart failure?
ANP has a shorter half-life in the plasma of CHF patients than BNP, which suggests that it controls hemodynamics more readily than BNP.
Child-Pugh class C cirrhotic patients suffer from down-regulation of HLA-DR expression. Endotoxemia, possibly mediated by IL-10, contributes to this HLA-DR down-regulation.