Sepsis
New Sepsis Study Findings Reported from Hannover School of Medicine
Published in Blood Weekly, October 20th, 2011
2011 OCT 20 -- Research findings, "Androstenediol exerts salutary effects on chemokine response after trauma-hemorrhage and sepsis in mice," are discussed in a new report. According to the authors of recent research from Hannover, Germany, "The pathogenesis of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and sepsis after polytrauma is related to the posttraumatic immune response and the associated release of inflammatory mediators. There exists a gender dimorphism in the posttraumatic host response."
"Sex steroids are believed to beneficially modulate the posttraumatic immune response. The specific effect of androstenediol on chemokines after trauma is unknown,"...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-10-20)
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