Sudden infant death syndrome Part 2: the response of the reticuloendothelial system to hypoxemia and infection

Cytokines and sudden infant death

“…The investigation of sudden unexpected death in infants and mechanisms leading to SIDS have been the subject of research over the past decades [2][3][4][5] Several researchers have discussed the possible role of cytokines as a pathophysiological factor which could contribute to SIDS because cytokines are proteins which regulate immune responses in allergic reactions, virus infection and septicaemia [1][2][3][4][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. This hypothesis was investigated as a part of the GeSID study [13].…”