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The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SRIS) seems to be due to the activation of the toll-like receptors, specific of the inflammatory response cells, through concrete cytosolic signals which lead to a cascade of reactions acting cytokins, growing factors and others inflammatory mediators. This kind of work revewes and discusses several classifications of animals models to study the SRIS, and propose to divide these models according to concrete goals, which can be the following ones: (1) To study innate and adaptative receptors of regulatory gens in the SRIS. (2) To study signals receptors (cytokines and growing factors). (3) To study the answer to signals. (4) To study treatments through specifics antinflammatory blockage. (5) Specific models of sepsis. (6) Others inducing models of SRIS. (7) Others therapeutical models. -Antinflammatories. -Antiacoagulans: Coagulations inhibition in human assays. Phase II Anticoagulans: Antitrombine III, PCA and TFPI. -Antibiotics. -Replacing Volume Treatments. -Surgical Treatments. As to the animals models to study Parenteral Nutrition, we could make the next classifications and sum it up: (1) Animal models to study the parenteral via of administration. (2) Models to study viability, absorption and local tolerance of the administration via. (3) Study models for complications. (4) Animal models to study pharmacodynamic, metabolization and to investigate the tolerance of new molecules or substrates.
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PMID:[Animal models for the study of systemic inflammatory response and parenteral nutrition]. 1741 31

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most significant pathogens in human sepsis and endocarditis. A hallmark of these endovascular S. aureus infections is that the coagulation system is triggered by a tissue factor (TF)-dependent pathway. This study demonstrates that highly purified S. aureus peptidoglycan, lipoteichoic acid (LTA) and TSST-1 increase TF mRNA and TF surface protein in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (ECs). Concomitantly, peptidoglycan- and LTA-activated ECs express significant TF-dependent procoagulant activity (TF PCA). In addition peptidoglycan, but not LTA or TSST-1, induced surface expression of the EC inflammation markers ICAM-1 and VCAM-1, which supported the adhesion of monocytes to these ECs. During the coculture of peptidoglycan-activated ECs and adherent monocytes, a marked additional increase of TF PCA was observed. Marginal increases in TF PCA were observed in cocultures of monocytes with LTA- or TSST-1-activated ECs. This study defines in particular staphylococcal peptidoglycan, previously known as a potent initiator of TF PCA in monocytes, as also being an activator of a coagulant response in human ECs that is further intensified by the presence of surface-bound monocytes.
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PMID:Staphylococcal peptidoglycan initiates an inflammatory response and procoagulant activity in human vascular endothelial cells: a comparison with highly purified lipoteichoic acid and TSST-1. 1803 38

Currently, there is no biomarker that can reliable distinguish between infectious and non-infectious systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). However, such a biomarker would be of utmost importance for early identification and stratification of patients at risk to initiate timely and appropriate antibiotic treatment. Within this proof of principle study, the high potential of Raman spectroscopy for the fast differentiation of non-infectious SIRS and sepsis is demonstrated. Blood plasma collected from 70 patients from the intensive care unit (31 patients with sepsis and 39 patients classified with SIRS without infection) was analyzed by means of Raman spectroscopy. A PCA-LDA based classification model was trained with Raman spectra from test samples and yielded for sepsis a sensitivity of 1.0 and specificity of 0.82. These results have been confirmed with an independent dataset (prediction accuracy 80%).
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PMID:Fast differentiation of SIRS and sepsis from blood plasma of ICU patients using Raman spectroscopy. 2463 55

Platelets have a major role in clotting activation and contribute to the innate immune response during systemic infections. Human platelets contain tissue factor (TF) and express functional Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). However, the role of TLR4 in triggering the procoagulant properties of platelets, upon challenge with bacteria, is yet unknown. Our hypothesis is that E. coli O111-TLR4 interaction activates platelets and elicits their procoagulant activity. We demonstrated that the strain, but not ultrapure LPS, increased surface P-selectin expression, platelet dependent TF procoagulant activity (TF-PCA) and prompted a faster thrombin generation (TG). Blockade of TLR4 resulted in decreased platelet activation, TF-PCA and TG, revealing the participation of this immune receptor on the procoagulant response of platelets. Our results provide a novel mechanism by which individuals with bacterial infections would have an increased incidence of blood clots. Furthermore, the identification of platelet TF and TLR4 as regulators of the effect of E. coli O111 might represent a novel therapeutic target to reduce the devastating consequences of the hemostatic disorder during sepsis.
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PMID:Human platelet interaction with E. coli O111 promotes tissue-factor-dependent procoagulant activity, involving Toll like receptor 4. 2895 60


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