Open AccessComment on “Changes and Regulation of the C5a Receptor on Neutrophils during Septic Shock in Humans”
Author(s) -
Andrew Conway Morris,
Thomas S. Wilkinson,
Timothy Walsh,
A. John Simpson
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.737
H-Index - 372
eISSN - 1550-6606
pISSN - 0022-1767
DOI - 10.4049/jimmunol.1390060
Subject(s) - septic shock , sepsis , shock (circulatory) , severe sepsis , immunology , receptor , biology , intensive care medicine , medicine
We read the recent paper by Unnewher and colleagues ([1][1]) with interest. This paper adds to the growing literature on the role of C5a in human critical illness. The finding of reduced neutrophil CD88 expression in human sepsis was first identified by Furebring and colleagues in 2002 ([2][2]).
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