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Article: Reports summarize sepsis research from C. Flores and co-authors.
- Article from:
- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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In this recent study, researchers in Madrid, Spain conducted a study "To investigate whether common variants across the LBP gene contribute to the development of severe sepsis. Sepsis is the leading cause of multiple system organ dysfunction and death in critically ill patients."
"The lipopolysaccharide-binding protein is an acute-phase protein that plays a dominant role in the genesis of sepsis by initiating signal transduction pathways leading to the activation of the inflammatory host response. Prospectively enrolled case-control study of adults with severe sepsis. A network of intensive care units. We enrolled 175 patients meeting international definition ...