The immunology of sepsis

T van der Poll, M Shankar-Hari, WJ Wiersinga - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Sepsis is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host
response to an infection. This recently implemented definition does not capture the …

Current gaps in sepsis immunology: new opportunities for translational research

I Rubio, MF Osuchowski, M Shankar-Hari… - The Lancet infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Increasing evidence supports a central role of the immune system in sepsis, but the current
view of how sepsis affects immunity, and vice versa, is still rudimentary. The European …

Sepsis therapies: learning from 30 years of failure of translational research to propose new leads

JM Cavaillon, M Singer, T Skirecki - EMBO molecular medicine, 2020 - embopress.org
Sepsis has been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global health
priority. There has been a tremendous effort to decipher underlying mechanisms …

Eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid derived specialised pro-resolving mediators: Concentrations in humans and the effects of age, sex, disease and …

PC Calder - Biochimie, 2020 - Elsevier
Although inflammation has a physiological role, unrestrained inflammation can be
detrimental, causing tissue damage and disease. Under normal circumstances inflammation …

E-series resolvin metabolome, biosynthesis and critical role of stereochemistry of specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) in inflammation-resolution: Preparing …

CN Serhan, S Libreros, R Nshimiyimana - Seminars in immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised international awareness of the importance of rigorous
scientific evidence and the havoc caused by uncontrolled excessive inflammation. Here we …

Rate and risk factors for rehospitalisation in sepsis survivors: systematic review and meta-analysis

M Shankar-Hari, R Saha, J Wilson, HC Prescott… - Intensive care …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Sepsis survivors have a higher risk of rehospitalisation and of long-term mortality.
We assessed the rate, diagnosis, and independent predictors for rehospitalisation in adult …

Lymphopenia in sepsis—an acquired immunodeficiency?

S Finfer, B Venkatesh, RS Hotchkiss… - Immunology and Cell …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sepsis is a global health priority, yet effective host‐directed targeted therapies have not
been identified outside of the setting of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) …

Risk factors at index hospitalization associated with longer-term mortality in adult sepsis survivors

M Shankar-Hari, DA Harrison… - JAMA network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Sepsis survivors, defined as adult patients who survived to hospital discharge
following a critical care unit admission for sepsis, are at increased risk of long-term mortality …

Sepsis and cancer: an interplay of friends and foes

A Mirouse, C Vigneron, JF Llitjos… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Sepsis and cancer share a number of pathophysiological features, and both result from the
inability of the host's immune system to cope with the initial insult (tissue invasion by …

Biomarker evidence of the persistent inflammation, immunosuppression and catabolism syndrome (PICS) in chronic critical illness (CCI) after surgical sepsis

DB Darden, SC Brakenridge, PA Efron, GL Ghita… - Annals of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To analyze serial biomarkers of the persistent inflammation, immunosuppression,
and catabolism syndrome (PICS) to gain insight into the pathobiology of chronic critical …