Harmful molecular mechanisms in sepsis

D Rittirsch, MA Flierl, PA Ward - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2008 - nature.com
Sepsis and sepsis-associated multi-organ failure are major challenges for scientists and
clinicians and are a tremendous burden for health-care systems. Despite extensive basic …

Sepsis: in search of cure

CL Lakshmikanth, SP Jacob, VH Chaithra… - Inflammation …, 2016 - Springer
Introduction Sepsis is a complex inflammatory disorder believed to originate from an
infection by any types of microbes and/or their products. It is the leading cause of death in …

[HTML][HTML] Immunopathophysiology of human sepsis

WJ Wiersinga, T van der Poll - EBioMedicine, 2022 - thelancet.com
Sepsis is an ill-defined syndrome yet is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. The most recent consensus defines sepsis as life-threatening organ dysfunction …

Inflection points in sepsis biology: from local defense to systemic organ injury

EJ Seeley, MA Matthay… - American Journal of …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Sepsis and septic shock lead to considerable morbidity and mortality in developed and
developing countries. Despite advances in understanding the innate immune events that …

Current insights in sepsis: from pathogenesis to new treatment targets

WJ Wiersinga - Current opinion in critical care, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Sepsis can be seen as a PRR-mediated dysregulation of the immune system following
pathogen invasion in which a careful balance between inflammatory and anti-inflammatory …

Biomarkers of inflammation and the etiology of sepsis

I Grondman, A Pirvu, A Riza, M Ioana… - Biochemical Society …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Sepsis is characterized as a life-threatening organ dysfunction syndrome that is caused by a
dysregulated host response to infection. The main etiological causes of sepsis are bacterial …

Sepsis-induced immunosuppression

LK Torres, P Pickkers… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Sepsis is expected to have a substantial impact on public health and cost as its prevalence
increases. Factors contributing to increased prevalence include a progressively aging …

Sepsis: rethinking the approach to clinical research

JC Marshall - Journal of Leucocyte Biology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The clinical syndrome of sepsis encompasses a highly heterogeneous group of clinical
disorders, varying with respect to the site, bacteriology, and even presence of infection and …

The 'cytokine profile': a code for sepsis

L Ulloa, KJ Tracey - Trends in molecular medicine, 2005 - cell.com
Sepsis–the most common cause of death in hospitalized patients–affects over 18 million
people worldwide and has an expected 1% increase of incidence per year. Recent clinical …

Immunotherapy of sepsis

T Van Der Poll - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2001 - thelancet.com
Sepsis is a clinical syndrome that results from a systemic host response to an infection. The
outcome of sepsis is poor, and mortality rates are as high as 30–40%. Sepsis is associated …