Chinese Med J Peking
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Chinese Med J Peking · Jan 1997
The relationship between gut-derived endotoxemia and tumor necrosis factor, neopterin: experimental and clinical studies.
To determine the relationship between gut-derived endotoxemia and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), neopterin/biopterin formation following hemorrhage, trauma and burns. ⋯ These results suggest that gut-derived endotoxemia could account, at least in part, for the inflammatory mediators formation and release, which might be involved in the pathogenesis of sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction following severe hemorrhage, trauma and burns.