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Inflammatory mediators include endotoxin (ETX), cytokines (interleukins [ILs], tumor necrosis factors [TNFs], and interferons), eicosanoids (prostaglandins and thromboxanes), reactive oxygen species (O2-, NO, and ONOO-), complements (C3 and C4), and stress hormones (catecholamine, cortisol, vasopressin, and growth hormone). These mediators work to maintain homeostasis under stressful conditions through a complex chain reaction or cascade that results in transient tissue damage known as the inflammatory response. The inflammatory response is decreased by a negative feedback system, which consists not only of the self-inhibitory action of ETX, TNF-alpha, IL-1, and IL-8, but also of the production of antiinflammatory mediators such as IL-4, -10, -11, and -13, TGF-beta, IL-Ra, and sTNFR. If excessive stress or a second attack of stress results in a higher level of inflammation-producing mediators than of inflammation-inhibiting mediators, tissue destruction occurs due to activation and infiltration of inflammatory cells or necrosis due to endothelial injury is seen, followed by disruption of homeostasis, organ dysfunction, and organ failure (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome [MODS] or multiple organ failure [MOF] induced by SIRS). In experimental liver dysfunction after 95% hepatectomy, massive apoptosis of hepatocytes is induced by prolonged hypercytokinemia, ONOO- production, decreased mitochondrial membrane potential of hepatocytes, and decreased Bc12 levels. On the other hand, if the antiinflammatory response is greater than the inflammatory response (CARS) a compromised state and refractory infection are seen, followed by progressive, irreversible organ dysfunction (MODS or MOF induced by CARS).
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PMID:[Inflammatory mediator and organ dysfunction syndrome]. 978 83

Packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion has been invoked previously with immunosuppression and increased infections, but it has now been demonstrated that stored PRBCs (>14 days) can prime PMNs and provoke multiple organ failure. Recently, the role of PMNs in the genesis of MOF has been extended to their release of inflammatory cytokines, notably IL-1, IL-8, TNFalpha, and secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2). We hypothesize that stored PRBCs can act as a second event via stimulating the release of inflammatory cytokines from PMNs. Isolated human PMNs were incubated for 24 h in RPMI with either 20% fresh plasma or plasma from 42 day old PRBC (day of outdate) and release of IL-8, IL-1beta, TNFalpha, and sPLA2 were measured. Plasma from stored PRBCs contained small amounts of IL-8, sPLA2, and TNFalpha (102.1 +/-5.6 pg/ml, 87.6+/-6.0 pg/ml and 9.7+/-.7 pg/ml). Levels of IL-1beta were below detection (<1 pg/ml). Day 42 PRBC plasma stimulated significant PMN release of both IL-8 and sPLA2 as compared to both control and day 0 plasma (*P < .05), but PRBC plasma did not stimulate PMN release of either IL-1beta or TNFalpha. Transfused blood is emerging as an inflammatory agent that is capable of producing PMN priming. In this study we have demonstrated that PRBC plasma selectively activates PMNs to release both IL-8 and sPLA2. Thus, transfusion of PRBCs may represent a preventable inflammatory insult via modification of both blood banking and transfusion practices.
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PMID:Stored red blood cells selectively activate human neutrophils to release IL-8 and secretory PLA2. 1063 66

The inflammatory response induced by burn injury contributes to increased incidence of infections, sepsis, organ failure, and mortality. Thus, monitoring postburn inflammation is of paramount importance but, so far, there are no reliable biomarkers available to monitor and/or predict infectious complications after burn. As interleukin 8 (IL-8) is a major mediator for inflammatory responses, the aim of our study was to determine whether IL-8 expression can be used to predict postburn sepsis, infections, and mortality. Plasma cytokines, acute-phase proteins, constitutive proteins, and hormones were analyzed during the first 60 days after injury from 468 pediatric burn patients. Demographics and clinical outcome variables (length of stay, infection, sepsis, multiorgan failure [MOF], and mortality) were recorded. A cutoff level for IL-8 was determined using receiver operating characteristic analysis. Statistical significance is set at P < 0.05. Receiver operating characteristic analysis identified a cutoff level of 234 pg/mL for IL-8 for survival. Patients were grouped according to their average IL-8 levels relative to this cutoff and stratified into high (H) (n = 133) and low (L) (n = 335) groups. In the L group, regression analysis revealed a significant predictive value of IL-8 to percent of total body surface area burned and incidence of MOF (P < 0.001). In the H group, IL-8 levels were able to predict sepsis (P < 0.002). In the H group, elevated IL-8 was associated with increased inflammatory and acute-phase responses compared with the L group (P < 0.05). High levels of IL-8 correlated with increased MOF, sepsis, and mortality. These data suggest that serum levels of IL-8 may be a valid biomarker for monitoring sepsis, infections, and mortality in burn patients.
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PMID:Predictive Value of IL-8 for Sepsis and Severe Infections After Burn Injury: A Clinical Study. 2551 27