Is profound and persistent decrease of circulating dendritic cells associated with ICU-acquired infection in patients with septic shock?
Septic shock is associated with profound and sustained depletion of circulating DCs. The persistence of low mDC counts is associated with the development of ICU-acquired infections, suggesting that DC depletion is a functional feature of sepsis-induced immunosuppression.
Since endoxifen is present at greater concentrations than 4-OH-Tam in human plasma of breast cancer patients receiving chronic tamoxifen, these results provide further evidence that endoxifen is as important as, or more important than, 4-OH-Tam to the anti-estrogenic action of tamoxifen.