Abandon the mouse research ship? Not just yet!

MF Osuchowski, DG Remick, JA Lederer, CH Lang… - Shock, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Many preclinical studies in critical care medicine and related disciplines rely on hypothesis-
driven research in mice. The underlying premise posits that mice sufficiently emulate …

Evaluation of vitamin C for adjuvant sepsis therapy

JX Wilson - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Evidence is emerging that parenteral administration of high-dose vitamin C
may warrant development as an adjuvant therapy for patients with sepsis. Recent Advances …

Bacterial pathogens activate plasminogen to breach tissue barriers and escape from innate immunity

M Peetermans, T Vanassche… - Critical reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Both coagulation and fibrinolysis are tightly connected with the innate immune system.
Infection and inflammation cause profound alterations in the otherwise well-controlled …

Mitochondria‐targeted antioxidants SkQ1 and mitoTEMPO failed to exert a long‐term beneficial effect in murine polymicrobial sepsis

P Rademann, A Weidinger, S Drechsler… - Oxidative medicine …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondrial‐derived reactive oxygen species have been deemed an important contributor
in sepsis pathogenesis. We investigated whether two mitochondria‐targeted antioxidants …

[HTML][HTML] Toll‐like receptors 2 and 7 mediate coagulation activation and coagulopathy in murine sepsis

B Williams, J Neder, P Cui, A Suen, K Tanaka… - Journal of Thrombosis …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Sepsis is a life‐threatening condition often manifested as marked inflammation
and severe coagulopathy. Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) play a pivotal role in inflammation …

Why do they die? Comparison of selected aspects of organ injury and dysfunction in mice surviving and dying in acute abdominal sepsis

S Drechsler, KM Weixelbaumer, A Weidinger… - Intensive care medicine …, 2015 - Springer
Background The mechanisms of sepsis mortality remain undefined. While there is some
evidence of organ damage, it is not clear whether this damage alone is sufficient to cause …

Visceral fat‐specific regulation of plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1 in aged septic mice

MEC Bruno, S Mukherjee, AJ Stromberg… - Journal of cellular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated plasma levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1 (PAI‐1) are documented in
patients with sepsis and levels positively correlate with disease severity and mortality. Our …

Remarkable stabilization of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 in a “molecular sandwich” complex

G Florova, S Karandashova, PJ Declerck, S Idell… - Biochemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) levels are elevated in a number of life-threatening
conditions and often correlate with unfavorable outcomes. Spontaneous inactivation due to …

Delayed activation of PPAR-β/δ improves long-term survival in mouse sepsis: effects on organ inflammation and coagulation

D Busch, A Kapoor, P Rademann… - Innate …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-β/δ reduces tissue injury in
murine endotoxemia. We hypothesized that the PPAR-β/δ-agonist GW0742 improves long …

[HTML][HTML] Systemic inhibition and liver‐specific over‐expression of PAI‐1 failed to improve survival in all‐inclusive populations or homogenous cohorts of CLP mice

P Raeven, S Drechsler, KM Weixelbaumer… - Journal of Thrombosis …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background The role of plasminogen activator inhibitor type‐1 (PAI‐1) in abdominal sepsis
remains elusive. Objectives To study the influence of inhibition and over‐expression of PAI …