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SUBMITTER: Zivkovic AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5949165 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zivkovic Aleksandar R AR Zivkovic Aleksandar R AR Decker Sebastian O SO Zirnstein Anne C AC Sigl Annette A Schmidt Karsten K Weigand Markus A MA Hofer Stefan S Brenner Thorsten T
Mediators of inflammation 20180429
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 hydrolyzes acetylcholine, plays an important role during inflammatory response and serves as an accurate index of cholinergic activity. BChE activity was measured in septic patients using a point-of- ...[more]