T cell dysfunction may result in macrophage defects. Perhaps the most important implication of these two studies is that newer antibiotics alone are unlikely to substantially affect sepsis mortality.

The incidence of sepsis (and death from septic shock ... SPHK1 expression was found to be highly upregulated in neutrophils and macrophages stimulated with various bacteria or bacterial components ...

Moreover, most cytokine concentrations were greater in sepsis patients than in the morbidly obese patients. The presented study has several limitations. In the healthy control group, there was no ...

We postulate that exposure to heavy metals exacerbates LRTI and lung injury due to the persistence of lung macrophages that maintain a classically activated phenotype. Aim 1: Determine if residents of ...

Setting. The PICU at the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (Grand Rapids, MI). Patients. The records of eight critically ill children presumed to have secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis at ...