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SUBMITTER: Kurt B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8468514 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kurt Berkan B Buendgens Lukas L Wirtz Theresa H TH Loosen Sven H SH Schulze-Hagen Maximilian M Truhn Daniel D Brozat Jonathan F JF Abu Jhaisha Samira S Hohlstein Philipp P Koek Ger G Weiskirchen Ralf R Trautwein Christian C Tacke Frank F Hamesch Karim K Koch Alexander A
Biomedicines 20210913 9
Perilipin 2 (PLIN2) is a lipid droplet protein with various metabolic functions. However, studies investigating PLIN2 in the context of inflammation, especially in systemic and acute inflammation, are lacking. Hence, we assessed the relevance of serum PLIN2 in critically ill patients. We measured serum PLIN2 serum in 259 critically ill patients (166 with sepsis) upon admission to a medical intensive care unit (ICU) compared to 12 healthy controls. A subset of 36 patients underwent computed tomog ...[more]