Sex differences in posttraumatic cytokine release of endotoxin- stimulated whole blood: Relationship to development of severe sepsis

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 832-840

  Majetschak, Matthias ^a   Christensen, Bernd ^a   Obertacke, Udo ^a   Waydhas, Christian ^a   Schindler, Adolf E ^a   Nast Kolb, Dieter ^a   Schade, F Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endotoxin responsiveness; Interleukins; Sepsis; Sex differences; Sex hormones; Sexual dimorphism; TGF ; TNF ; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033948607     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200005000-00006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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