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endotoxemia

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endotoxemia /en·do·tox·e·mia/ (en″do-toks-ēm´e-ah) the presence of endotoxins in the blood, which may result in shock.
en·do·tox·e·mi·a (nd-tk-sm-)
n.
The presence of endotoxins in the blood, which, if derived from gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, may cause hemorrhages, necrosis of the kidneys, and shock.

endotoxemia [en″do-tok-se´me-ah]
the presence of endotoxins in the blood.

endotoxemia
the presence of endotoxins in the blood.


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1999; 2001; 2003a; 2003b; 2005; Zager and Kalhorn, 2000) studied kidney responses to several forms of injury such as renal failure, sepsis, endotoxemia, ischemia-reperfusion or oxidative stress, and they showed that proximal tubule cells undergo some adaptive changes for protection from subsequent hazards.
12-14) The IL-6-and IL-10-induced cytokine response of intense muscular exertion has been shown to be anti-inflammatory and protective against bacterial-induced endotoxemia.
OBJECTIVE: In periodontitis, overgrowth of gram-negative bacteria may cause endotoxemia and systemic inflammation leading to cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
 
 
 
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