A biomimetic membrane device that modulates the excessive inflammatory response to sepsis.

Septic shock has a clinical mortality rate approaching fifty percent. The major clinical manifestations of sepsis are due to the dysregulation of the host's response to infection rather than the direct consequences of the invading pathogen. Central to this initial immunologic response is the ac...

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Main Authors: Feng Ding, Joon Ho Song, Ju Young Jung, Liandi Lou, Min Wang, Linda Charles, Angela Westover, Peter L Smith, Christopher J Pino, Deborah A Buffington, H David Humes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3077371?pdf=render