An Antibody Treatment Combats Life-Threatening Sepsis in Rodents (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

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An Antibody Treatment Combats Life-Threatening Sepsis in Rodents (1 of 2)

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Mice lacking tetranectin (KO) were more susceptible to tissue injury and lethal sepsis than control animals (WT). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Apr. 15, 2019, issue of <i>Science Translational Medicine</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by W. Chen at Northwell Health in Manhasset, NY; and colleagues was titled, "Identification of tetranectin-targeting monoclonal antibodies to treat potentially lethal sepsis."

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[Credit: W. Chen <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2020)]

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