Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23774844›Full record

ReviewVirulence2014

Host innate immune responses to sepsis.

Willem Joost Wiersinga, Stije J Leopold, Duncan R Cranendonk, Tom van der Poll

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Review in Virulence, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 234 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
234citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
14.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

234 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 461 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Sepsis and the immunometabolic inflammatory response.npj metabolic health and disease · 2026
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  19. Genetic associations in sepsis and ARDS.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026
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174 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Willem Joost WiersingaCenter for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA); Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM); Division of Infectious Diseases; Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Stije J LeopoldCenter for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA); Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM); Division of Infectious Diseases; Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Duncan R CranendonkCenter for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA); Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM); Division of Infectious Diseases; Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Tom van der PollCenter for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA); Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM); Division of Infectious Diseases; Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Academic Medical Center · NLOffice of Infectious Diseases · USUniversity of Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune response to sepsis can be seen as a pattern recognition receptor-mediated dysregulation of the immune system following pathogen invasion in which a careful balance between inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses is vital. Invasive infection triggers both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory host responses, the magnitude of which depends on multiple factors, including pathogen virulence, site of infection, host genetics, and comorbidities. Toll-like receptors, the inflammasomes, and other pattern recognition receptors initiate the immune response after recognition of danger signals derived from microorganisms, so-called pathogen-associated molecular patterns or derived from the host, so-called danger-associated molecular patterns. Further dissection of the role of host-pathogen interactions, the cytokine response, the coagulation cascade, and their multidirectional interactions in sepsis should lead toward the development of new therapeutic strategies in sepsis.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateCytokinesHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInflammationReceptors, Pattern RecognitionSepsisSignal TransductionToll-Like ReceptorsCytokinesReceptors, Pattern RecognitionToll-Like Receptorsactivated protein Ccoagulationdanger-associated molecular patterns (DAMP)innate immunitymyeloid related protein (Mrp)-8/14neutrophil extracellular traps (NET)pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMP)pattern recognition receptorsprotease activated receptorssepsis

Identifiers

PMID23774844
PMCPMC3916381
OpenAlexW1969437137

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