• Biphasic release of the alarmin high mobility group box 1 protein early after trauma predicts poor clinical outcome 

      Ottestad, William Arne; Rognes, Ingrid Nygren; Pischke, Søren; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Andersson, Ulf; Eken, Torsten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-08)
      <i>Objective</i>: The causal role of the prototype alarmin high mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) in systemic inflammation and remote organ injury after trauma and shock is established in animal models but not in humans. Our aim was therefore to determine HMGB1 concentration kinetics with high time resolution during the first hours after trauma in individual patients, and investigate the ...
    • Sepsis causes right ventricular myocardial inflammation independent of pulmonary hypertension in a porcine sepsis model 

      Pischke, Søren; Hestenes, Siv Merete; Johansen, Harald Thidemann; Fure, Hilde; Bugge, Jan F; Espinoza, Andreas Westenvik; Skulstad, Helge; Edvardsen, Thor; Fosse, Erik; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Halvorsen, Per Steinar; Nielsen, Erik Waage (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-27)
      <i>Introduction</i> - Right ventricular (RV) myocardial dysfunction is a common feature in septic shock. It can worsen outcome, but the etiology is poorly understood. Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) plays a part in the pathogenesis of the right heart dysfunction in sepsis but its importance is unknown. In pigs, PAH in sepsis is substantial and the translational value of porcine sepsis models ...