Article
Interleukin-6 mediates delirium-like phenotypes in a murine model of urinary tract infection.
Journal of neuroinflammation - 28 Oct 2021
Rashid Mohammad Harun, Sparrow Nicklaus A, Anwar Faizan, Guidry Gena, Covarrubias Ambart E, Pang Haoming, Bogguri Chandrakumar, Karumanchi S Ananth, Lahiri Shouri
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BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is frequently implicated as a precipitant of delirium, which refers to an acute confusional state that is associated with high mortality, increased length of stay, and long-term cognitive decline. The pathogenesis of delirium is thought to involve cytokine-mediated neuronal dysfunction of the frontal cortex and hippocampus. We hypothesized that systemic IL-6 inhibition...
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