The role of cytokines in gram-positive bacterial shock.
In Gram-positive bacterial shock, little is known about the sequence of events that controls the signalling of monocytes and macrophages that leads to the release of cytokines. Cell-wall components, such as peptidoglycan and teichoic acid, are clearly important in the activation of these cells, but exotoxins may also be involved.
Verhoef
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Eijkman-Winkler Institute of Medical and Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Mattsson
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D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000276:immunology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000276:immunology*
D016207:Cytokines