Gastrin attenuates sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction by down-regulation of TLR4 expression in macrophages

• Main Authors: Dandong Fang (Author), Yu Li (Author), Bo He (Author), Daqian Gu (Author), Mingming Zhang (Author), Jingwen Guo (Author), Hongmei Ren (Author), Xinyue Li (Author), Ziyue Zhang (Author), Ming Tang (Author), Xingbing Li (Author), Donghai Yang (Author), Chunmei Xu (Author), Yijie Hu (Author), Hongyong Wang (Author), Pedro A. Jose (Author), Yu Han (Author), Chunyu Zeng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Myocardial dysfunction is the most serious complication of sepsis. Sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction (SMD) is often associated with gastrointestinal dysfunction, but its pathophysiological significance remains unclear. The present study found that patients with SMD had higher plasma gastrin conc...