Sepsis and hypotension: Enter kynurenine, move over nitric oxide

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2767-2769

  Eiserich, Jason P ^a   Hayakawa, Keri A ^a   Cross, Carroll E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

endothelium derived relaxing factor (EDRF); kynurenine; nitric oxide; septic shock; tryptophan

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE; NITRIC OXIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

CELL PROTECTION; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; KYNURENINE; MALE; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 81855185924     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31822b38a9     Document Type: Editorial

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