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Blocking interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor in disease Volume 8, numéro 3, September 1997

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  • Page(s) : 294-6
  • Année de parution : 1997

In many ways, studies on inflammatory cytokines follow the same spectrum of experiments as did studies on bacterial products, particularly the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Gram-negative bacteria and the exotoxins of Gram-positive bacteria. Either Staphylococcal exotoxins or Gram-negative endotoxins were known to cause fever, inflammation, tissue destruction and in the case of systemic administration, shock and death. An almost [...]