endotoxin shock


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en·do·tox·in shock

shock induced by release of endotoxin from gram-negative bacteria, especially Escherichia coli.
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MyD88 and Trif signaling play distinct roles in cardiac dysfunction and mortality during endotoxin shock and polymicrobial sepsis.
Overexpression of myeloid differentiation protein 88 in mice induces mild cardiac dysfunction, but no deficit in heart morphology
Lipoteichoic acid isolated from Lactobacillus plantarum inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-a production in THP-1 cells and endotoxin shock in mice.
Can endurance sports really cause harm? The lipopolysaccharides of endotoxemia and their effect on the heart
In this study, antibody against L-LPS has been used to interrupt the interaction between L-LPS and TLR2, instead of the risky antibiotics treatment which might lead to an endotoxin shock.
Interaction between leptospiral lipopolysaccharide and toll-like receptor 2 in pig fibroblast cell line, and inhibitory effect of antibody against leptospiral lipopolysaccharide on interaction

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