“…Table S6 in Additional file 6 summarizes the mechanistic studies of mediators in animal models [ 124 – 170 ]. Thirty-nine of the 47 studies used rodents to develop abdominal sepsis models (i.e., cecum ligation and puncture (CLP)) [ 124 , 125 , 127 , 128 , 131 – 133 , 136 – 138 , 143 , 145 , 151 , 154 , 156 , 157 , 159 , 162 , 164 , 165 , 167 – 170 ], or shock-resuscitation, or abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS), or two-hit models [ 126 , 130 , 132 , 135 – 140 , 142 , 144 , 146 – 150 , 152 , 160 – 162 , 166 ]. The remaining utilized swine [ 129 , 134 , 155 , 158 , 163 ], baboons [ 141 ], or dogs [ 153 ].…”