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Intravenous Endotoxin Challenge in Healthy Humans: An Experimental Platform to Investigate and Modulate Systemic Inflammation
Published on: May 16, 2016
Endotoxin for Alcohol Research: A Call for Experimental Medicine Using Lipopolysaccharide Challenge
Elizabeth M Burnette1,2, Erica N Grodin1, Naomi I Eisenberger1
1Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, 5555 Campus Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Abstract:
Studies of inflammation in alcohol use disorder (AUD) are overwhelmingly preclinical, and translation to clinical samples is necessary. Endotoxin administration has been used successfully in humans to study mood disorders, offering a translational, reliable and safe model that may be validated in AUD research. We argue for the use of endotoxin challenge to elucidate the interplay between AUD and inflammation.

