title: Sepsis: current dogma and new perspectives.
abstract: Sepsis, a clinical syndrome occurring in patients following infection or injury, is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Current immunological mechanisms do not explain the basis of cellular dysfunction and organ failure, the ultimate cause of death. Here we review current dogma and argue that it is time to delineate novel immunometabolic and neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the altered cellular bioenergetics and failure of epithelial and endothelial barriers that produce organ dysfunction and death. These mechanisms might hold the key to future therapeutic strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Surgery and Sepsis Research Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: deutschcl@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Clifford S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Deutschman
authors.affiliation: Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA. Electronic address: kjtracey@nshs.edu.
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Tracey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004727:Endothelium / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D004848:Epithelium / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000378:metabolism; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure; D015213:Neuroimmunomodulation; D018805:Sepsis / Q000276:immunology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D018836:Inflammation Mediators