TNF and myocardial infarction: The transcriptional analysis revealed that the most studied TH1-related cytokines (Interleukin (IL)2, IFNγ, Tumor Necrosis Factor α (TNFα), IL12) decreased 1 h after myocardial infarction, but only IFNγ showed significant differences (p‹0.01) (Fig. 2a).