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Bacterial endotoxins are toxic lipo-polysaccharide complexes (LPS) associated with the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria. LPS is the molecule that triggers the inflammatory cascade in septic shock. It is very well established that TNF, a pleiotropic cytokine mainly secreted by macrophages, plays a central role in this process (Alonso, 1989)
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Tuduri, P., Brieva, A., Guerrero, A., Pivel, J.P. (1990). Polysaccharide-Protein Complexes as BRMs in Septic Shock. In: Masihi, K.N., Lange, W. (eds) Immunotherapeutic Prospects of Infectious Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76120-1_39
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