A major ingredient of green tea rescues mice from lethal sepsis partly by inhibiting HMGB1.

The pathogenesis of sepsis is mediated in part by bacterial endotoxin, which stimulates macrophages/monocytes to sequentially release early (e.g., TNF, IL-1, and IFN-gamma) and late (e.g., HMGB1) pro-inflammatory cytokines. Our recent discovery of HMGB1 as a late mediator of lethal sepsis has prompt...

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Main Authors: Wei Li, Mala Ashok, Jianhua Li, Huan Yang, Andrew E Sama, Haichao Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2048740?pdf=render