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SUBMITTER: Haussner F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6502990 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haussner Felix F Chakraborty Shinjini S Halbgebauer Rebecca R Huber-Lang Markus M
Frontiers in immunology 20190430
Sepsis is a complex of life-threating organ dysfunction in critically ill patients, with a primary infectious cause or through secondary infection of damaged tissues. The systemic consequences of sepsis have been intensively examined and evidences of local alterations and repercussions in the intestinal mucosal compartment is gradually defining gut-associated changes during sepsis. In the present review, we focus on sepsis-induced dysfunction of the intestinal barrier, consisting of an increased ...[more]