The endothelium in sepsis

Shock

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 259-270

  Ince, Can ^a   Mayeux, Philip R ^b   Nguyen, Trung ^c   Gomez, Hernando ^d   Kellum, John A ^d   Ospina Tascón, Gustavo A ^e   Hernandez, Glenn ^f   Murray, Patrick ^g   De Backer, Daniel ^h  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD ICESI   (Colombia)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barrier function; blood; endothelium; glycocalyx; hemostasis; inflammation; microcirculation; sepsis

Indexed keywords

HEPARANASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL GROUP; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; NITRIC OXIDE; THROMBOPLASTIN;

CELL INTERACTION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; GLYCOCALYX; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUTROPHIL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM; GLYCOCALYX; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; THROMBOPLASTIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84959088957     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: 15400514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000000473     Document Type: Review

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