Genetic Polymorphisms in Sepsis

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 835-856

  Namath, Allen ^a   Patterson, Andrew J ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene; Genetic variation; Polymorphism; Predisposition; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASPASE 12; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; CD14 ANTIGEN; CXCL2 CHEMOKINE; D DIMER; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; I KAPPA B; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED KINASE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROTEIN C; PROTHROMBIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BACTEREMIA; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BURN; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFECTION RISK; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BACTEREMIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; E-SELECTIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 70350502827     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2009.06.004     Document Type: Review

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