LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN : ITS ROLE AND THERAPEUTICAL POTENTIAL IN INFLAMMATION AND SEPSIS

80 Lipopolysaccharide binding protein: its role and therapeutical potential in inflammation and sepsis Ralf R. Schumann*, N. Lamping*, C. Kirschning*, H.-P. Knopft, A. Hoe& and F. Herrmann* *Max-Delbruck-Centrum fur Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Robert-Rossle-Str. 10, I3 I22 Berlin, Germany and Free University, Universitatsklinikum Rudolf-Virchow, Robert-Rossle Cancer Center, Department of Oncology and Applied Molecular Biology, Lindenberger Weg 80, I3 I22 Berlin, Germany, tMax-Planck-lnstitut fur Immunbiologie, Stubeweg 5 I , 79108 Freiburg, Germany and SMorphoSys GmbH, Frankfurter Ring 193A, 80807 Munchen, Germany