Brain tight junction protein expression in sepsis in an autopsy series
Abstract Background Neuroinflammation often develops in sepsis along with increasing permeability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which leads to septic encephalopathy. The barrier is formed by tight junction structures between the cerebral endothelial cells. We investigated the expression of tight...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Critical Care |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-020-03101-3 |