Skjeflo, Espen Waage; Christiansen, Dorte; Landsem, Anne; Stenvik, Jørgen; Woodruff, T. M.; Espevik, Terje; Nielsen, Erik Waage; Mollnes, Tom Eirik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-15)
<i>Background</i> - Sepsis is a dysregulated host response to infection. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of complement- and CD14 inhibition on phagocytosis of live and dead Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria in human whole blood.<p>
<p><i>Methods</i> - Lepirudin-anticoagulated blood was incubated with live or dead <i>E. coli</i> or <i>S. aureus</i> at 37 °C for 120 min ...