A Sustained Reduction in Serum Cholinesterase Enzyme Activity Predicts Patient Outcome following Sepsis

Early sepsis identification is of paramount importance for an effective therapy and the patient outcome; however, a suitable prognostic biomarker is lacking. Anti-inflammatory nonneuronal cholinergic signaling modulates the magnitude of an immune response. Serum cholinesterase (BChE), an enzyme that...

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Published in:	Mediators of Inflammation
Main Authors:	Aleksandar R. Zivkovic, Sebastian O. Decker, Anne C. Zirnstein, Annette Sigl, Karsten Schmidt, Markus A. Weigand, Stefan Hofer, Thorsten Brenner
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2018-01-01
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1942193