title: Broken barriers, biomarkers, and blocking antibodies-endothelial activation in sepsis*: no snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. -Voltaire/François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778).
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Alder Hey Children's Hospital; and, Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Kentigern
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thorburn
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Baines
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000097:blood*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000097:blood*; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D040301:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D040301:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2