Bench-to-bedside review Understanding genetic predisposition to sepsis.docVIP

Critical Care June 2004 Vol 8 No 3 Villar et al. Review Bench-to-bedside review: Understanding genetic predisposition to sepsis Jesús Villar1,2,3, Nicole Maca-Meyer4, Lina Pérez-Méndez5 and Carlos Flores4 1Director, Research Institute and Chairman, Division Critical Care Research, Research Institute, Hospital Universitario NS de Candelaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain 2Associate Scientist, Research Center, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada 3Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, USA 4Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Division of Genetics, Res