TREM-1 expression on neutrophils and monocytes of septic patients: relation to the underlying infection and the implicated pathogen

Thekla Poukoulidou,Aikaterini Spyridaki,Ira Mihailidou,Petros Kopterides,Aikaterini Pistiki,Zoi Alexiou,Michael Chrisofos,Ioanna Dimopoulou,Panagiotis Drimoussis,Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis,Ioannis Koutelidakis,Androniki Marioli,A. Mega,Stylianos E. Orfanos,Maria Theodorakopoulou,Christos Tsironis,Nina Maggina,Vlassios Polychronopoulos,Iraklis Tsangaris

TREM-1 expression on neutrophils and monocytes of septic patients: relation to the underlying infection and the implicated pathogen

2011

Thekla Poukoulidou
Aikaterini Spyridaki
Ira Mihailidou
Petros Kopterides
Aikaterini Pistiki
Zoi Alexiou
Michael Chrisofos
Ioanna Dimopoulou
Panagiotis Drimoussis
Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis
Ioannis Koutelidakis
Androniki Marioli
A. Mega
Stylianos E. Orfanos
Maria Theodorakopoulou
Christos Tsironis
Nina Maggina
Vlassios Polychronopoulos
Iraklis Tsangaris

Current knowledge on the exact ligand causing expression of TREM-1 on neutrophils and monocytes is limited. The present study aimed at the role of underlying infection and of the causative pathogen in the expression of TREM-1 in sepsis.

Keywords:

Septic shock
Pathology
Sepsis
Pathogen
Medical microbiology
Underlying infection
Medicine
Membrane glycoproteins
Immunology
Flow cytometry
mean fluorescence intensity

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