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Monocyte mRNA phenotype and adverse outcomes from pediatric multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
Pediatric research - 1 Nov 2007
Hall Mark W, Gavrilin Mikhail A, Knatz Nina L, Duncan Michelle D, Fernandez Soledad A, Wewers Mark D
Abstract excerpt
Impairment of the ability to mount an inflammatory response is associated with death from adult critical illness. This phenomenon, characterized by reduced monocyte production of proinflammatory mediators such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), is poorly understood in children. We hypothesized that differential expression of inflammation-related genes would be seen in monocytes from children with adverse...
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