Polymicrobial sepsis influences NK-cell-mediated immunity by diminishing NK-cell-intrinsic receptor-mediated effector responses to viral ligands or infections.

The sepsis-induced cytokine storm leads to severe lymphopenia and reduced effector capacity of remaining/surviving cells. This results in a prolonged state of immunoparalysis, that contributes to enhanced morbidity/mortality of sepsis survivors upon secondary infection. The impact of sepsis on sever...

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Main Authors: Isaac J Jensen, Christina S Winborn, Micaela G Fosdick, Peng Shao, Mikaela M Tremblay, Qiang Shan, Sandeep Kumar Tripathy, Christopher M Snyder, Hai-Hui Xue, Thomas S Griffith, Jon C Houtman, Vladimir P Badovinac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-10-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6231673?pdf=render