Inhibition of the Tissue Factor/Factor VIIa Pathway Does Not Influence the Inflammatory or Antibacterial Response to Abdominal Sepsis Induced byEscherichia coliin Mice
Author(s) -
Sebastian Weijer,
Saskia H. H. F. Schoenmakers,
Sandrine Florquin,
Marcel Levi,
George P. Vlasuk,
William E. Rote,
Pieter H. Reitsma,
C. Arnold Spek,
Tom van der Poll
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/421031
Subject(s) - tissue factor , sepsis , peritonitis , immunology , coagulation , fibrin , peritoneal cavity , escherichia coli , tissue factor pathway inhibitor , chemokine , thromboplastin , microbiology and biotechnology , pharmacology , biology , medicine , inflammation , biochemistry , anatomy , gene
Anticoagulants have gained increasing attention for the treatment of sepsis. Inhibition of the tissue factor (TF)/factor (F) VIIa pathway has been shown to attenuate the activation of coagulation and to prevent death in a primate model of sepsis caused by gram-negative bacteria.
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