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Cutting Edge: IL-1α and Not IL-1β Drives IL-1R1–Dependent Neonatal Murine Sepsis Lethality
10 Oct 2018
Abstract excerpt
Sepsis disproportionately affects the very old and the very young. IL-1 signaling is important in innate host defense but may also play a deleterious role in acute inflammatory conditions (including sepsis) by promulgating life-threatening inflammation. IL-1 signaling is mediated by two distinct ligands: IL-1α and IL-1β, both acting on a common receptor (IL-1R1). IL-1R1 targeting has not reduced adult human...
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