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01.08.2012 | Commentary
A rapidly progressing lymphocyte exhaustion after severe sepsis
verfasst von:
Guillaume Monneret, Fabienne Venet
Erschienen in:
Critical Care
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Ausgabe 4/2012
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Abstract
Septic syndromes induce immune alterations that have long been considered solely an overwhelming pro-inflammatory response. Increasing evidence now suggests that, after the first pro-inflammatory hours, sepsis is accompanied by the occurrence of a systemic immune failure. Here, novel perspectives regarding sepsis-induced lymphocyte alterations will be discussed in the context of a recently published study investigating overtime evolution of co-inhibitory lymphocyte receptor expressions in patients with severe sepsis.