Increased risk of nosocomial infection | Development of sepsis | Mortality | ||
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Neutrophils | Frequency | Increased [60] | ||
Phenotype | Decreased CD88 [80] | Increased CD11b [81] Decreased CD88 [80] | Decreased CD88 [80] | |
Function | Decreased anti-microbial function [82] | Decreased anti-microbial function [83, 84] Decreased chemotaxis [85] | ||
Monocytes | Frequency | Decreased [60] | ||
Phenotype | Decreased HLA-DR [88] Increased intracellular TLR9 expression [33] | |||
Function | ||||
Natural killer cells | Frequency | Decreased [92] | ||
Leukocytes | Frequency | Increased [60] | Increased [93] | |
Gene expression | Increased P38 MAPK and IL-6 expression [22, 23] Decreased expression of genes related to antigen presentation and T cell regulation [15, 22, 23] | |||
Lymphocytes | Frequency | Decreased [93] |